*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2026-03-30. Missed the previous one? See issue #724
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions*
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- Thetalentone
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Thetalentone>
-
Tasks: Adding and updating references, qualifiers, publication dates, and
provenance on my own personal and company items (Q138324775
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138324775> and Q138324581
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138324581>) to improve entity
confidence for Google Knowledge Graph. Small batches only, no edits to
unrelated items.
- Dušan Kreheľ
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Du%C5%A1an_Krehe%C4%BE_(bot)>
-
Task: Sitelinks existing and newly created municipality pages on
hrwiki and
Wikidata.
- New request for comments: Wikidata:Requests for comment/Mass-editing
policy
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Mass-editing_policy>
has
a new proposal incorporating feedback and is awaiting votes.
*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/1775664000>, 08th April 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.
- Wiki Mentor Africa - Women Tech Summit
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_Mentor_Africa_-_Women_Tech_Summit_(WMA-WTS)/en>
takes
place until 20:00 CET, 30 May 2026.
- "Wikidata in der Sammlungserschließung" (free online event in
German on how GLAM institutions can use Wikidata, 20 April 2026, 10-11:30
CET, organized by Research and Competence Centre Digitalisation
Berlin (Q51845259) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51845259>. More
info and registration here
<https://www.digis-berlin.de/workshop-wikidata-fuer-die-sammlungserschliessung-am-20-04/>
.
- *Wikidata Ontology Course*: The second offering of the Wikidata
ontology course will be given in May and June 2026, with sessions 1-3 pm
EDT (UTC-4) on Thursdays. The Wikidata ontology provides structure and
organization for the rest of Wikidata and is thus fundamental to
Wikidata.
The course starts with the basic notions underlying the Wikidata ontology
and goes on to cover querying using SPARQL, inference, constraints,
advanced ontology notions, problems with the ontology, and other
ontology-related aspects of Wikidata. Participants in the course are
expected to complete weekly exercise sets and a project. More information
on the course can be found at WikiProject Ontology/Ontology Course
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Ontology_Course>.
To register for this offering fill in and submit the Google form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlZ0r69Mkkfa_SWSdQPMNdVMKnae7-sIOyPuANVjFI4FRq0w/viewform>
.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs:
- Wikidata contains many gaps in its political data. We’ve built a
tool to change that (PoliLoom)
<https://www.opensanctions.org/articles/2026-03-24-poliloom/>
- From a summer school idea to an ESWC paper: Teaching AI to “repair”
Wikidata
<https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-summer-school-idea-eswc-paper-teaching-ai-repair-wikidata-zxxaf/>
- Papers:
- Did AI Crawlers Kill SPARQL Federation?
<https://rubensworks.github.io/article-did-llms-kill-sparql-federation/>,
including Wikidata examples
- Gender and intersectional bias in featured biographies on the front
page of the Italian edition of Wikipedia, 2014–2024 Open Access
<https://www.emerald.com/dlp/article/doi/10.1108/DLP-11-2025-0265/1352756/Gender-and-intersectional-bias-in-featured>
-
Wikidata featured heavily in the design and methodology. By
Rovira et al.,
(2026).
- Videos:
- Adding architectural data to a Wikidata item for a Historic Building
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KydQwvBelQ> from OpenStreetMap for
History Buffs.
- Live Wikidata Editing #119
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h1KxXnaJrk> - Ainali and Abbe98 are
back to edit Wikidata and explain their thinking along the way.
- (Spanish) Wikidata and the public domain
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W37StgITf0Y> - Tools for bulk
editing in Wikidata: Mix n Match and QuickStatements, last class
of a 9-part
series
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmjmrXGUFVlJOyYM3S6CBdNFszYI4FwcM>
provided
by Jorge Gemetto.
- (German) Art History Loves Wiki im Museum Schnütgen
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thXJ1XAbWJ0>, day 2, digital/local
collection loves wiki.
- (German) Von OpenStreetMap zu semantisch vernetzten Wissensgraphen
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN19MWWtif8> FOSSGIS 2026 Conference.
- Using Wikibase as an Integration Platform
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wkepRUZLg> with Matthew Ong.
Originally given at the Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin, 19
November 2024.
*Tool of the week*
- WikiVisage <https://wikivisage.toolforge.org/> - Train a machine
learning model to detect depicted subjects in Wikimedia Commons images and
assist with adding the P180 (depicts) property.
- Yesterdays <https://yesterdays.maprva.org/subjects/> - A web platform
for cataloging and georeferencing historical images of Richmond, Virginia.
It uses Wikidata items to help organize the georeferenced images.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- Mobile editing user testing: join the participant panel: Wikimedia
Deutschland is planning new user tests for the mobile editing experience
(including more data types as a beta feature) in late April–early May.
Participants of all experience levels are welcome, and users of
right‑to‑left scripts are especially encouraged to sign up. Register here
<https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply>.
Participants will be compensated for their time.
*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:
- Digital Public Good ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14223> (identifier of a
digital public good in the Digital Public Goods Registry)
- apportionment diagram
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14226> (image that displays
the representation of seats won by party in an election to an assembly)
- peer-review process for scholarly journals or publications
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14251> (''(without English
description)'')
- Newest External identifiers: X Games athlete ID (new)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14201>, AIK soccer player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14202>, Uitleenwoordenbank ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14203>, abadis.ir word ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14205>, AmericanAristocracy
house ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14206>,
AmericanAristocracy
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14207>, British
Newspaper Archive publication ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14208>, Buitenlandse
aardrijkskundige namen in het Nederlands ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14209>, Landskrona BoIS player
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14210>, Library of the
University of Santiago de Compostela authority ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14211>, DBNL place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14212>, Faulhaber edition ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14213>, Foto Atlas taxonomy ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14214>, Integbio Database
Catalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14215>, KCUE
academy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14216>, LibriVox
reader ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14217>, Manga-DB
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14220>, Manga-DB
magazine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14221>, Manga-DB
publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14222>, Digital
Public Goods Registry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14224>, NSK
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14225>, Tribuna.com football
players ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14227>, Sport
Express person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14228>, Open
Food Facts brand ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14229>, RITVA
company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14230>,
OldRacingCars.com
drivers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14231>, Spellingwijzer
Onze Taal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14232>, EpiMedDat
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14233>, Pinkhof ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14234>, Scheikunde ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14235>, Movist person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14236>, ISSN-H
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14237>, Names, Persons, and
Groups of People of the Middle Ages ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14238>, Parlement.com object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14239>, wikiru.jp wiki ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14240>, BGAFD actress ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14241>, IFK Norrköping player
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14243>, LINE official account
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14244>, Norwegian war
prisoner histories ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14245>, indexxx.com
performer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14246>, SetesdalWiki
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14247>, Shellers From the
Past ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14248>, SocioMap ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14249>, Publication ID in
e-Marefa database <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14250>
- New General datatypes property proposals to review:
- civil service position level
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/civil_service_position_level>
(classification
level of a civilian public service position within a government
administrative hierarchy)
- Usenet newsgroup
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Usenet_newsgroup>
(Usenet
newsgroup associated with the item)
- predicted winning party
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/predicted_winning_party>
(the
party predicted to win an election, according to some source)
- New External identifier property proposals to review: Numen ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Numen_ID>, member
of the Azorean assembly ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/member_of_the_Azorean_assembly_ID>
, identifiant Rappels d'une personne
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Rappels_d%27une_personne>
, Identifiant dans la base de noms France Archives
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_dans_la_base_de_noms_France_Archives>
, Anarâš aavis topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anar%C3%A2%C5%A1_aavis_topic_ID>
, Perfumery Glossary ingredient ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Perfumery_Glossary_ingredient_ID>
, MangaBaka manga ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MangaBaka_manga_ID>
, JVID performer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JVID_performer_ID>
, PlayStation Trophies achievement ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlayStation_Trophies_achievement_ID>
, BERON lexeme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BERON_lexeme_ID>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
*Did you know?*
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>
: WikiProject Hogback
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Hogback> - Hogbacks
are a type of gravestone marker used in 10th - 12th Century Northern
England.
- WikiProject Highlights:
- University of Otago/Books of Mana
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_University_of_Otago_WMIR/WikiProject_Books_of_Mana>
- Schnütgen Museum Collection/Sum of all paintings
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_sum_of_all_paintings/Collection/Schn%C3%BCtgen_Museum>
- Govdirectory/United Nations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/United_Nations>
- Nonprofit Organisations
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Nonprofit_Organizations>
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Humans with
the same date of birth year (P569) and date of death year (P570)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/items_with_P569%3DP570>
.
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
: Australia (Q275180) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275180> - 2008
film by Baz Luhrmann
- Showcase Lexemes
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: viɛla
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L737913> - Dagbanli adjective (of
quality that is pleasing to human senses).
*Development*
- Wikibase GraphQL: We added support for a number of additional
datatypes and started working on the functionality for querying Items by
the external ID statement values or site links.
- Mobile editing of statements: We spent time testing the current state
and fixing remaining issues we found.
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: Mongolia
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Mongolia>
- 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>
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