[Wikidata] Weekly Summary #732

[josef anthony via Wikidata]

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2026-05-18. Missed the previous one? See issue #731
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*

*Discussions*

   - New requests for permissions/Bot:
      - PatsaBot 1
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/PatsaBot_1>
       - *Task/s:* Add sitelink from Template:Taxonomy/*
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Taxonomy/> on
      thwiki to same entry from enwiki and update Thai description from generic
      template format to "แม่แบบอนุกรมวิธาน" (taxonomy template).
      - MarisDreshmanisBot 2
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MarisDreshmanisBot_2>
       - *Task/s:* Create occupation Q-items and add native-language labels
      on existing occupation Q-items from 33 state-issued national occupation
      classifiers (165 national registries, 154 countries, ~30,000 new Q-items,
      ~120,000 native labels across 53 languages).
      - ias-kbase
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ias-kbase>
       - *Task/s:* Read-only bulk entity lookups for an internal knowledge
      graph project. Fetches labels, claims, and sitelinks from Wikidata and
      intro-paragraph extracts from English Wikipedia. No writes.

*Events*

   - Upcoming events
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>:
      - Reminder: Propose a session for WikiProject Days 2026
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026>. Your
      proposal can be just one or two sentences. Suggestions include topics on
      how to use WikiProjects to connect with others and improve data
modelling,
      how to revive a neglected WikiProject, and what makes a good
WikiProject. Propose
      a session now
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:WikiProjects_Days_2026>.
      Deadline Sunday May 24.
      - Wikimedia Indonesia is hosting the 2026 Data Visualization
      Competition
      <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Kompetisi_Penyajian_Data>
from
      10th to 31st May 2026. We welcome visualization and essay
submissions from
      Indonesian participants on various topics ranging from Indonesian history
      to biological diversity.
      - The three-hundred online Wikidata meetup in Swedish
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Swedish_online_editathon_300>,
      May 24
      - Wikidata: An Open Knowledge Graph for Research and Beyond
      
<https://www.gw.uni-hamburg.de/ueber-die-fakultaet/digital-humanities/dh-lab/veranstaltungen/26-05-27-hands-on-wiki.html>,
      a workshop on-site at the Digital Humanities Lab (C2003), University
      Hamburg, 27 May, 14:15 – 15:45 CEST. Registration (via link).

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

   - Blogs: Easy way to add images to Wikipedia & Wikidata items, with
   WikiShootMe and Mapillary
   
<https://forum.mapillary.com/t/easy-way-to-add-imagery-to-wikipedia-and-wikidata-items-with-wikishootme-and-mapillary/10375>
   - Papers:
      - *Wikidata and authority files: reconciliation and cooperation
      procedures*
<https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/698> by Camillo
      Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis>: an overview of
      the interactions between Wikidata and library authority files and of the
      usage of Wikibase by library authority files up to July 2025
      - *Institutional practices in gender recording: an analysis of
      National Libraries*
      <https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/675> by Novaes de
      Mendonça, and Ana Carolina Simionato Arakaki: contains references to
      Wikidata and its interconnection with library authority files
      - *Modellizzazione delle conoscenze: Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario e
      Wikidata, due strumenti a confronto*
      
<https://www.aidainformazioni.it/index.php/aidainformazioni/article/view/350>
       by Elena Cencetti <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Elena_Cencetti>,
      Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo and Elisabetta Viti
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Elisabetta_Viti2> (in Italian): a
      detailed comparison of Wikidata and the Nuovo soggettario Thesaurus
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16583225> as knowledge organization
      systems, with a case study regarding the reconciliation with
Wikidata of a
      group of terms of the Nuovo soggettario Thesaurus regarding photography
   - Videos:
      - Curating shared knowledge about artifacts on Wikidata
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fubhBJGz6YQ> with Till Grallert, it
      explores how the Jarāʾid project used Wikidata to build a multilingual,
      open knowledge graph of pre-1930 Arabic periodicals.
      - LIVE Wikidata editing #122
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_oAlLw5CHs> with User:Ainali and
      User:Abbe98 do some live editing on Wikidata (in English), and
discuss the
      thought process of what they are doing and why they do it.
      - Every Major Oil and Gas Pipeline in History Mapped
      <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIoQFWGDb90> - a visualisation
      utilising Wikidata, OpenStreetmap, Wikipedia and Global Energy Monitor.
   - Presentations
      - La fabrique collective des histoires queer dans les communs
      numériques
      
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reseau_LGBTQI_2026_-_John_SAMUEL.pdf>.
      Presentation by John Samuel
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites> and panel, 2e
      Rencontres du Reseau Jeune Recherche LGBTQI+, Université Lyon 1,
12 May 2026

*Tool of the week*

   - Wikidata Property Explorer <https://prop-explorer.toolforge.org/> is a
   tool by user Steven Liu. The tool is used for exploring Wikidata properties
   - securitybaseline <https://securitybaseline.eu/> use Wikidata to get
   the domain names for institutions

*Other Noteworthy Stuff*

   - MapRoulette Challenge (Chile)
   <https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/55009>: Improve
   heritage-related items around Santiago, Chile, linking them to Wikidata and
   OpenStreetMap.
   - The Wikidata Platform team has published its backend replacement
   recommendation
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/Backend_Replacement>
and
   accompanying technical architecture
   
<https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_Query_Service/WDQS_Architecture_re-design>
for
   the migration of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) away from Blazegraph.
   Feedback is invited until May 25th 2026, especially on potential gaps and
   impacts on advanced use cases. Wikidata community members and WDQS users
   are also encouraged to help identify high-impact tools and workflows that
   may need attention on this page
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/High-Impact_Use_Cases>.
   Feedback can be shared on the Migration talk page
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update>
or
   during the next office hour
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours>.
   See the WDP team newsletter
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Platform_team/Newsletter>
for
   more details

*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:
      - contains cadastral area
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14408> (cadastral area that
      is wholly or partly contained by a municipality)
      - algebraic closure
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14413> (‎algebraic
      closure of the field)
      - real closure <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14414> (real
      closure of the formally real field)
      - eusocial caste <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14415>
(specialized
      type of an eusocial animal)
      - Wikimedia Commons content descriptor
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14416> (Wikimedia Commons
      content descriptor which applies to this media file)
      - ‎time expansion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14424> (factor
      by which a recording's duration has been extended or compressed
relative to
      the original real-time event, without pitch correction.)
      - ‎SELL rating <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14425> (French
      video game content rating (1999–2003))
      - age requirement documentation URL
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14427> (URL for a website's
      statement of compliance with U.S. legal record-keeping
requirements related
      to visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct)
      - maximum vehicle length
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14430> (maximum authorized
      length for vehicles (especially heavy goods vehicles) on a bridge, tunnel
      or road segment)
      - maximum vehicle width
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14431> (maximum authorized
      width for vehicles (especially heavy goods vehicles) on a
bridge, tunnel or
      road segment)
      - maximum vehicle weight
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14432> (maximum authorized
      weight (tonnage / gross vehicle weight) for vehicles (especially heavy
      goods vehicles) on a bridge, tunnel or road segment (load limit))
      - maximum vehicle height
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14433> (maximum authorized
      height for vehicles (especially heavy goods vehicles) on a bridge, tunnel
      or road segment (regulatory limit from signage))
      - ‎independent of theory
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14434> (theory that proves
      neither this proposition nor its negation)
      - ‎gender-neutral form of label
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14453> (form of name or
      title with no assumption of gender)
      - subject named as (monolingual text)
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14457> (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)
      - alternative name (monolingual text)
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14458> (with an associated
      language code) qualifier for alternative name(s), given for a
subject in a
      database entry, or preserved in references (even these are no longer the
      preferred name)
      - ‎CWSAC classification
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14460> (Level of military
      significance for American Civil War battles as defined by the 1993 Civil
      War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) report.)
      - DMCA takedown policy URL
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14465> (DMCA (Digital
      Millennium Copyright Act) takedown policy or submitting page of this
      hosting site or UGC (User Generated Content) distributor)
      - election result map
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14469> (map
      that displays the result of this election)
      - ‎paid-up capital
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14471> (portion
      of a company’s issued share capital that has been paid by shareholders)
   - Newest External identifiers: ‎19star actor ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14407>, ACM Digital Library
   institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14409>, Stockholm
   public transport stop ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14410>
   , Go2Senkyo.com politician ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14411>, SensCritique person ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14412>, Census of Italian
   Architecture since 1945
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14417>, CINEFOX
   film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14418>, ‎CINEFOX person
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14419>, Cultural heritage
   Database-ID in Lübeck
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14420>, Dijital
   İstanbul cultural property ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14422>, VG homicide ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14423>, Portable Antiquities
   Scheme record ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14426>, ‎EGAFD
   film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14428>, Cairn.info
   publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14429>, ‎BGAFD
   film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14435>, ‎Apple TV
   person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14436>, Blätter
   author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14437>, ‎critify.de
   publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14438>,
Semanticscience
   Integrated Ontology ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14439>, Prime
   Video ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14440>, Objectif
   plumes author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14442>, ‎Museum
   of Canadian Music artist ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14443>, ‎Museum of Canadian
   Music work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14444>, Lübeck
   Culturul heritage ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14445>, Rhineland-Palatinate
   Cultural heritage ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14446>, DEF19
   2.0 publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14447>, MovieLens
   movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14449>, Verfassungsblog
   author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14450>, QueenBallers
   player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14451>, NaPTAN stop
   area code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14452>, CycleBase
   cyclist ID (new) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14459>, ‎Book
   Notification author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14461>, ‎Prime
   Video GTI <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14462>, ‎parliament.scot
   member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14463>,
Instrumentalistinnen-Lexikon
   ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14464>, Goodreads genre ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14468>, ‎Giant Bomb Wiki ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14470>
   - New General datatypes property proposals to reviews:
      - contributed to narrative universe
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contributed_to_narrative_universe>
(''(no
      English description proposed yet)'')
      - Grokipedia page title
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grokipedia_page_title>
(page
      title used in a Grokipedia article URL)
      - especially
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/especially>
(qualifier
      for statements to refine a value that applies more generally, but applies
      especially to a more specific value; a more specific qualifier than
      "including" (P1012))
      - Common Vulnerability Scoring System score
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Common_Vulnerability_Scoring_System_score>
(Common
      Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score)
      - Depicts taxon
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Depicts_taxon>
(depicts
      taxon)
      - Still taken from the film
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Still_taken_from_the_film>
(Still
      taken from the film)
   - New External identifier property proposals to review: StaphBase ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/StaphBase_ID>,
Geohashing
   wiki page
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geohashing_wiki_page>
   , identifiant d'un fonds au catalogue collectif de France
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_d%27un_fonds_au_catalogue_collectif_de_France>
   , Oireachtas bill ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oireachtas_bill_ID>
   , Defense Technical Information Center Accession Number
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Defense_Technical_Information_Center_Accession_Number>
   , European System of Accounts ID (Germany)
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/European_System_of_Accounts_ID_(Germany)>
   , Identifiant d'un éditeur sur OpenEdition
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27un_%C3%A9diteur_sur_OpenEdition>
   , Natalie ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natalie_ID>, AV
   CHANNEL actress ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AV_CHANNEL_actress_ID>
   , Mineral Resources Data System deposit ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mineral_Resources_Data_System_deposit_ID>
   , Wikimedia Phabricator project
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_Phabricator_project>
   , AWA artist ID
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWA_artist_ID>
   , Rakuten Music artist
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rakuten_Music_artist>
   , recochoku artist ID
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/recochoku_artist_ID>
   , identifiant AnnuSéries d'une série télévisée
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_AnnuS%C3%A9ries_d%27une_s%C3%A9rie_t%C3%A9l%C3%A9vis%C3%A9e>

You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!

*Did you know?*

   - Query examples: Library of Congress occupations by Label and Lccn no.
   <https://w.wiki/NadJ> (source
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=2492426393#Getting_'Subject_named_as'_qualifier>
   )
   - WikiProject Highlights:
      - Project Malaysia / Wiki x K-pop 2026 Datathon
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Malaysia/Activity/Datathon/Wiki_x_K-pop_2026:_Datathon>
      - Project Occupations / Roadmap
      <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Occupations/Roadmap>
      - Project LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group / SummerCoworking
      
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/SummerCoworking>
   - Newest database reports
   <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Children born
   after Mothers death date
   
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/children_of_dead_mothers>

*Development*

   - Tighter connection of the Wikibase Ecosystem: We've been working on
   making it possible to use Wikidata Items (and later from other Wikibase
   instances) as values in statements on other Wikibase instances. You can now
   try it out on a demo system or set up your own test instance to give it a
   try. More details in the announcement
   
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibas...@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/D4RA5JQAJ5MUUDIVHGELWWE7OSSWXV5B/>
   .
   - Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We are continuing the
   work on showing less irrelevant changes on recent changes and watchlist on
   Wikipedia and co by trying to determine if an edit from Wikidata actually
   changed the rendered article or not
   - Mobile statement editing:
      - We worked on reducing the load for users with limited data
      - We are continuing to fix issues uncovered in testing
   - Making Wikiprojects more visible: We are getting ready for testing of
   the prototype. We'll be adding links to the respective Wikirojects on Item
   pages in the tools menu to make it easier for people to find the
   corresponding Wikiprojects. This is based on statements already on the Item
   such as specific external IDs.

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>

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