*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-06-15. Missed the previous one? See issue #735 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Request for comments: The discussion about reforming Wikidata's notability policy is ongoing. There is now a new proposal waiting for your feedback <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Notability_policy_reform> . *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - WikiLoves Pride 2026 <https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/WikiLoves_Pride_Australia_2026> - six fortnightly editing sessions to add, expand and translate LGBTQ+ content on the Wikimedia projects. - WikiProjects Days 2026 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026> is taking place this coming weekend, 19-21 June. Check out the daily program...(click UTC for your local timezone) - Day 1 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026#Friday,_June_19th> / Friday, 19.06, 17:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1781888400> - 20:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1781899200> - Day 2 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026#Saturday,_June_20th> / Saturday, 20.06, 10:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1781949600> - 18:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1781978400> - Day 3 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026#Sunday,_June_21st> / Sunday, 21.06, 14:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1782050400> - 18:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1782064800> - Click here -> Register <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RegisterForEvent/3670> <- for access links to the event. *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - Preserving Pride, Across Languages <https://jsamwrites.substack.com/p/preserving-pride-across-languages> : From Wikidata to Abstract Wikipedia: A New Way to Think About Knowledge - Visibility of Communities in Nigeria on Wikidata 2.0: Expanding Digital Representation for Nigerian Communities <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/13/visibility-of-communities-in-nigeria-on-wikidata-2-0-expanding-digital-representation-for-nigerian-communities/> - The Year’s First Quarter with the Igbo Wikimedians User Group <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/14/the-years-first-quarter-with-the-igbo-wikimedians-user-group/> - Expanding partnerships and contributions to Wikidata, Wikipedia and other sister projects. - Introducing the Wiki Afrodemics Mentorship Project Cohort 1 <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/13/introducing-the-wiki-afrodemics-mentorship-project-cohort-1/> - A pan-african and guided multilingual training on Wikipedia editing, Wikidata contribution, and resource mobilisation. - Amplifying Women’s Stories and Indigenous Knowledge: Feminism and Folklore 2026 in the Igbo Community <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/12/amplifying-womens-stories-and-indigenous-knowledge-feminism-and-folklore-2026-in-the-igbo-community/> - Improving the representation of women and cultural heritage in Igbo language on Wikidata, Wikipedia and Wikiquote. - A Reflection on What I Learned at My First International Women’s Day Celebration <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/14/a-reflection-on-what-i-learned-at-my-first-international-womens-day-celebration/> - Celebrating and documenting women activists and politicians on Wikipedia and Wikidata. - Three Tools that bring digital botany within reach <https://www.botany.one/three-tools-that-bring-digital-botany-within-reach/> (spoiler: One of them is Wikidata) - article available in DE, ES, FR, JA, PT and ZH-CN. - Papers: Open Tool Registries! Resolving the Directory Paradox with Wikidata <https://dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/20/1/000838/000838.html> by Grallert et al., (2026). As digital humanities tools proliferate, this paper argues that Wikidata can help connect the research landscape by documenting, citing and connecting tool registries. - Videos: - OSM / Lifting Stones in Wikidata <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCoOIan3G9Y> - a video tutorial on mapping lifting stones on OpenStreetMap, using two examples from County Kilkenny, Ireland. - Mapping Every Wonder on Earth <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANzP0OUoZs> - animated visualisation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites recorded in Wikidata. - 2025: Tales of Discovery <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_gst9R3I4> - Museums and Heritage channel mentions how Wikidata is being used as a bridge between several sites and projects for 3D modelling ships, wrecks and other artifacts from maritime history. - Mentor Me! Session 6 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncPqSIvDm-Q> with Jinoy Tom Jacob, who will show us how to use OpenRefine to batch edit Wikidata and the Commons. *Tool of the week* - BisikBekasi <https://bisikbekasi.rf.gd/index.php?page=item&id=L2> : Community-curated knowledge base where local data items are integrated <https://teletype.in/@hyloxira/qdyLFSX-1Px> with Wikidata items. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - The Newcomer Dashboard <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Feature_summary#NH> will be deployed to Wikidata pending on-wiki configuration by Admins. The dashboard aims to provide guidance, helpful links, and mentorship opportunities for new editors. - Guido Gezelle on Wikidata: networking in map <https://viaacode.github.io/documentation-visualisations-guido-gezelle/> - this project created 5 visualisations produced from Wikidata on the poet Guido Gezelle. *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: - print matrix state <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14517> (in printmaking, a stage of development of the relief matrix after a permanent modification) - body modification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14519> (deliberate altering of the human anatomy for non-medical reasons that this person or fictional character has undergone) - Newest External identifiers: Roller-results.com skater ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14518>, Wikiparfum fragrance ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14520>, EU sanctions tracker subject ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14521>, Maoyan celebrity ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14522>, CINEMATODAY film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14523>, DMM director ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14524>, Model Mayhem ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14525>, DAM song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14526>, OpenParlData ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14527>, IAU member ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14528>, PurplePort ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14529>, LinkMe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14530> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Vistonline <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vistonline> (Agenzia italiana di visti consolari e legalizzazione documenti, con sede a Roma) - Natural science/Taxon footprint <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_science/Taxon_footprint> (Taxon footprint) - Sri Lanka Ministry of Education school census number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sri_Lanka_Ministry_of_Education_school_census_number> (Unique identification number assigned to a school by the Ministry of Education of Sri Lanka, used in the annual school census and official examinations (G.C.E. O/L, A/L)) - sport title <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sport_title> (link to sport title (like master of sports or yokodzuna), besides chess and martial arts titles) - dual notion in category theory <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dual_notion_in_category_theory> (dual notion in category theory) - penalty shootout kicked by <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/penalty_shootout_kicked_by> (Indicates the person who took an individual penalty kick during a penalty shoot-out.) - Finnish educational institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_educational_institution_ID> (Five-digit identification number for Finnish educational institutes assigned by Statistics Finland.) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Identifiant d'une personne sur ZicTrad <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27une_personne_sur_ZicTrad> , Skeivopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Skeivopedia_ID> , Artistas Visuales Chilenos ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Artistas_Visuales_Chilenos_ID> , Mathlib declaration ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mathlib_declaration_ID> , FES digital collections person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FES_digital_collections_person_ID> , BBC Bitesize topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BBC_Bitesize_topic_ID> , Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_China_(Third_Edition)_ID_(2026)> , Sceneweb artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sceneweb_artwork_ID> , Sceneweb production ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sceneweb_production_ID> , regjeringen.no government ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/regjeringen.no_government_ID> , regjeringen.no ministry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/regjeringen.no_ministry_ID> , regjeringen.no politician ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/regjeringen.no_politician_ID> , Maoyan film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maoyan_film_ID> , Identifiant livres-cinema.info d'un auteur <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_livres-cinema.info_d%27un_auteur> , National Operator Code (UK) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Operator_Code_(UK)> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - WikiProject Highlights: - Wiki x K-pop 2026: Datathon 3.0 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_x_K-pop_2026:_Datathon_3.0> a.k.a the ICONIC BY MISTAKE EDITING party. - Ontology Course 2 / GLAM Authority Entity Ontology in Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Ontology_Course/Projects_Offering_2/GLAM_Authority_Entity_Ontology_in_Wikidata> - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Thanks Log <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=thanks&user=&page=&excludetempacct=1&wpdate=&tagfilter=&wpfilters%5B%5D=thanks&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist> - who's thanking who and on what. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : 2026 FIFA World Cup (Q5020214) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5020214> - in the United States, Mexico and Canada in 2026 - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: alikaali (L720932) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L720932> - Dagbanli noun (derived from ha <--ar) which can mean soothsayer, judge or Muslim scholar *Development* - Ontology federation: The development team is looking for people to give feedback on the new feature that allows editors on other Wikibase instances to use Wikidata's Items as statement values. (more details <https://wikibase-federation.com/>) - GraphQL: - We extended the searchItems field so that developers can now get all Item data immediately from the search results (phab:T416885 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416885>) - We are working on the ability to get only best ranked statements ( phab:T428138 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428138>) - MCP: The Wikidata MCP has been extended. You can now also use an MCP for other Wikibase instances. (more details <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:MCP#Wikibase_MCP>) - Wikibase Cloud: We are looking into making it possible to log into Wikibase Cloud instances with your Wikidata account to make it easier for Wikimedians to contribute on Cloud instances. - Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects: - We are planning the migration of the entity usage table to a new database cluster to handle increased usage of Wikidata's data across the Wikimedia projects. - We are continuing our work to decrease the number of irrelevant changes coming from Wikidata that show up in Wikipedia's recent changes and watchlist. Specifically we are evaluating a prototype that looks at the rendered article before and after the change and determines if anything actually changed in the article before adding an entry to recent changes and watchlist. - Mobile editing of statements: - We are improving support for RTL languages.(phab:T360854 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T360854>, phab:T427655 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427655>, phab:T427658 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427658>, phab:T427661 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427661>, phab:T428246 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428246>) - We started fixing multiple UI layout and spacing issues, including mandatory fields, value fields, snak types, references, and add-statement button usability (phab:T428766 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428766>, phab:T428761 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428761>, phab:T428759 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428759>, phab:T428450 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428450>) - We are improving the server-side rendering (phab:T409827 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T409827>) 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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