*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-05-04. Missed the previous one? See issue #729 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - New requests for permissions/Bot: Chamiln17@FineWiki <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Chamiln17@FineWiki> - Task: This bot performs a read-only cache build for an academic temporal language model dataset. - Other: better tools to support constraints implied by properties like disjoint union of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Status_of_Ontology_Classes_and_Properties> *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - WikiProjects Days 2026 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026> (online, June 19 to 21). A community gathering focused on making WikiProjects more useful, visible, and alive. Propose a session <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:WikiProjects_Days_2026> (deadline for proposals: May 26, 2026) or register now. - Language Diversity Conference <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_Diversity_Conference/Submissions> - Call for Submissions ends 15 May 2026. - Wikidata Community Summit 2026 @ COSCUP <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/29/wikidata-community-summit-2026-coscup-call-for-proposals/> - Call for Proposals ends May 9, 2026. - LIC Photo Walking Tour + Wikipedia & Wikidata Workshop <https://www.laguardia.edu/event/lic-photo-walking-tourwikipedia-workshop/> - May 16, 12:30 - 16:00 EDT (UTC-4). A historical walking tour of Long Island City, New York, concluding with a Wiki-skills workshop at LaGuardia. Registration on the event link. - Ongoing: COORDINATE ME 2026 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Coordinate_Me_2026> - a Wikidata competition for geolocatable content has just started and ends 31 May 2026. Visit the link for details on how to participate. *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - Visualised Blog metadata through SPARQL queries <https://christianmahnke.de/en/post/blog-visualisation/> - ChristianMahnke blog. - Mozilla Common Voice Meets Wikidata (How the Dagbanli Dictionary Got Audio Usage Examples) <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/22/mozilla-common-voice-meets-wikidata-how-the-dagbanli-dictionary-got-audio-usage-examples/> - Wiki Loves Mother Tongue 2026 in the Igbo Community <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/03/wiki-loves-mother-tongue-2026-in-the-igbo-community/> - EduWiki Workshop Highlights Practical Uses of Wikimedia Commons in Education <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/04/eduwiki-workshop-highlights-practical-uses-of-wikimedia-commons-in-education/> - Recap: Wiki for Human Rights, LGBTIQ+ Nigeria, February and March Training <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/02/recap-wiki-for-human-rights-lgbtiq-nigeria-february-and-march-training/> - The new Art+Feminism’s Wikidata Modules are here! <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/01/the-new-artfeminisms-wikidata-modules-are-here/> - Videos: - Panel on Wikidata and public domain in Colombia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lEyzX98BFE> (Spanish): on April 24th, the National Library of Colombia, The Cultural Network of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Wikimedia Colombia and Fundación Conector discussed about digital heritage and Wikidata, its challenges and opportunities for collaboration. - Wikibase - an introduction by Jason Evans <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAnnn-Bk7Tk> (Open Data Manager, National Library of Wales). Produced by the Wikimedian in Residence channel, University of Edinburgh. - A uMap based on Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4aL2PdjIc> - a use-case of Holy Wells located in Ireland, associated with female Saints, powered by Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. - Wikifunctions in practice: Reusable Logic for Wikimedia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViOkEYQLggM> - Presentation given by Toby Hudson (User:99of9 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:99of9>) at the Wikiconference Australia 2026. - Mentor Me! Session 3A <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYi3xPtB8I> - This in-person and hands-on session is provided by the Wikimedia Tyap User Group, and continues in the following sessions: Mentor Me! Session 3B <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4b6Y3w4_ME> and Mentor Me! Session 3C <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2QM5RdJhl0>. Led by Gwakhap D. Anthony, it will cover how to document languages with Wikidata lexemes. - Africa Wiki Women: - Linking images from Commons to Wikidata and Wikipedia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrF98BA1SM> - how images are used across the Projects with examples documenting African Women. - Newbies Monthly Meetup for Africa Wiki Women <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANX6mDde5A> - further training and introductory skills for Wikidata and how it interacts with the other Wikimedia Projects. - EditHer Africa Contest (April) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvatmrH1uhQ> - a beginner-friendly hands-on Wikidata item creation guide and launch of the monthly contest, with a focus on African Women in Works and Leadership. *Tool of the week* - OpenHistory <https://openhistory.app/> – interactive historical atlas of 21k+ Wikidata-sourced historical events, polities, and territories on a timeline+map. SPARQL-driven pipeline, MIT/CC BY-SA. (GitHub <https://github.com/kdhillon/openhistory>) *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - WikiTrivia <https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/> - the webgame about putting historical events in the correct order recently got a huge update, thanks to creator Tom Watson. - Wikimedia API's / Rate limits <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits> - new rate limits are being added for all Wikimedia projects, to ensure sustainable use to the REST an ACTION API's. If you operate a bot and it has recently started producing an error message for producing too many API requests, please consult the linked MediaWiki page and amend your bot as needed. *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: meta-category for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14387> (topic or class of items covered by the lowest categories in this meta-category's hierarchy) - Newest External identifiers: KISTI article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14368>, FISH Monument Types Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14369>, FISH Evidence Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14370>, Organization in cooperation with ISO ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14371>, ScriptSource script code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14372>, ScriptSource language code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14373>, Tube8 performer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14374>, Bundestag Group Minutes ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14375>, Westra code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14376>, Myrotvorets ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14377>, Irish State Administration Database Unit ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14378>, Hessische Parlamentarismusgeschichte Abgeordneten-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14379>, YouPorn performer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14380>, GFMIS Agency Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14381>, Royal Australian Air Force service number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14382>, Plataforma Acácia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14383>, Observatório Terras Quilombolas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14384>, BIOSOP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14385>, BIOKAND ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14386> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - (found) liable of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/(found)_liable_of> (tort or civil wrong a person or organization was found liable of) - DMCA takedown policy URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DMCA_takedown_policy_URL> (DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown policy or submitting page of this hosting site or UGC (User Generated Content) distributor) - 18 U.S.C. § 2257 policy URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/18_U.S.C._%C2%A7_2257_policy_URL> (age requirement documentation URL statement of this website or company) - monolingual text name properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/monolingual_text_name_properties> ((with an associated language code) name by which a subject is recorded in a database, mentioned as a contributor of a work, or is referred to in a particular context) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Gidrologicheskaya Izuchennost Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gidrologicheskaya_Izuchennost_Code> , QBWiki article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QBWiki_article_ID> , Dijital İstanbul ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dijital_%C4%B0stanbul_ID> , NaPTAN stop area code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NaPTAN_stop_area_code> , Identifiant Cairn d'un éditeur <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Cairn_d%27un_%C3%A9diteur> , Darwin Correspondence person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Darwin_Correspondence_person_ID> , ACM Digital Library institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACM_Digital_Library_institution_ID> , SensCritique person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SensCritique_person_ID> , National Archives of Japan Digital Archive ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_National_Archives_of_Japan_Digital_Archive_ID> , VGs drapsoversikt ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VGs_drapsoversikt_ID> , Semanticscience Integrated Ontology ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Semanticscience_Integrated_Ontology_ID> , Senkyo.com <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Senkyo.com>, Objectif plumes author pages <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objectif_plumes_author_pages> , Maoyan personage ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maoyan_personage_ID> , critify.de publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/critify.de_publication_ID> , BookNotification author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookNotification_author_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: Script style of manuscript Qur'ans <https://w.wiki/MR9w> - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - Early Modern Silesia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Early_Modern_Silesia> - Tango <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Tango> - WikiProject Highlights: WikiProject Ontology has gathered a list of potential projects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Ontology_Course/Projects_Offering_2> for the second offering of the Wikidata Ontology course, and has published a subpage to discuss the future of Ontology Classes and Properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Status_of_Ontology_Classes_and_Properties> . - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Unmarked Supercentenarians <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/unmarked_supercentenarians> - this list displays humans who do not have a claim *supercentenarian (Q1200828)* (or *alleged supercentenarian (Q106991708)*), but the difference between their Date of Birth and Date of Death is greater than 110 years. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Raiders of the Lost Ark <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174284> - a 1981 film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, and John Rhys-Davies. - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: gje (L2205) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L2205> - Norwegian verb (jeː) meaning "to give", "to perform/hold", or "to diminish in strength" *Development* - Mobile statement editing: We continued fixing issues uncovered in testing - WikiProjects: We are working on adding links to the sidebar of Items to lead people to the respective WikiProjects for that Item. This way we hope to help people more easily find data modelling documentation as well as other editors interested in the same topic. 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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