*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2026-06-29. Missed the previous one? See issue #737
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions*
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- TopDevsBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TopDevsBot>
-
Task/s: Create new items for software-development, design, and consulting
companies from source data: topdevs.ai
- SonalBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/SonalBot>
-
Task/s: Reference Gardener (archive dead reference links) + Welcome Bot
(welcome new users)
- New request for comments: WM Commons: Policy update for AI content
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/Policy_update_for_AI_content>
-
this RfC will seek opinions on the use and allowance of AI-generated and
modified content. This can have downstream impacts on Wikidata.
*Events*
- Upcoming events
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>:
- 2026 Chiayi Streetview Workshop
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/2026%E5%B9%B47%E6%9C%88%E5%98%89%E7%BE%A9%E7%B6%AD%E5%9F%BA%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94%E8%A1%97%E6%99%AF%E8%B8%8F%E6%9F%A5%E5%9C%98%E6%9A%A8%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E5%9D%8A>
July
13 Time: 19:30-21:00 UTC+8 at Tâi-uân tôo-su-sik, Chiayi, Taiwan.
- OpenStreetMap X Wikidata Meetup #90 July 13 Time: 19:30-21:00 UTC+8
at Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245>.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs:
- Lobid Blog: NWBibBot – Making a regional bibliography visible in
Wikipedia with help from Wikidata
<https://blog.lobid.org/2026/06/23/nwbib-wikipedia-bot.html>
- Tech News (WMDE) Knowledge wants to be found
<https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2026/06/24/knowledge-wants-to-be-found/>
-
We interview Tim Wittenborg about the WissKomm Wiki
<https://en.borgnetzwerk.org/>, from the Leibniz Information Center
for Science and Technology in TIB Hannover.
- Bridging Open Knowledge And Digital Rights: Reflections From DRIF
2026 And The Wikimedia Community
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/29/bridging-open-knowledge-and-digital-rights-reflections-from-drif-2026-and-the-wikimedia-community/>
- Papers: MathModDB: A Database for Mathematical Models
<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.27933v1> - The Mathematical Models Database
(MathModDB), deployed on the MaRDI Portal within Germany’s National
Research Data Infrastructure, provides researchers with a curated knowledge
graph that organizes scattered mathematical models, formulas, and
assumptions, connects to related tools like MathAlgoDB and MaRDMO, and
demonstrates practical use through cases such as plasma physics modeling.
By Fiedler et al., (2026)
- Videos:
- WikiProjects Days 2026 - recordings now on Commons
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026#Sessions>,
if you missed the event or want to recap what was discussed, individual
session recordings are now available from the Event program.
- Jason Evans: Making Wikimedia and Linked Open Data Mainstream in
GLAMs – The National Library of Wales Journey
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jason_Evans,_%22Making_Wikimedia_and_Linked_Open_Data_Mainstream_in_GLAMs_%E2%80%93_The_National_Library_of_Wales_Journey%22.webm>
*Tool of the week*
- Altilunium Panoply <https://cyllchuesnconii.rf.gd/panoply/?id=8> : A
lightweight Wikibase alternative for creating collaborative knowledge
bases, written as a single PHP file
<https://github.com/altilunium/panoply> with no dependencies.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- Call for local partners: WikidataCon 2027
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2027/Call_for_expressions_of_interest_to_host>:
Planning is underway for the next hybrid WikidataCon, and Wikimedia
Deutschland is seeking a local affiliate to co-organize the on-site event.
Expressions of Interest are due by 13 July. A Q&A clinic will be held on 1
July at 15:00 UTC (join here
<https://bbb.wikipedia.de/rooms/plp-qml-xrj-9ib/>).
- Growth features
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Feature_summary> are
now available at Wikidata. This update enables access to Mentorship, Impact
module, the Help Panel, and a simplified Newcomer Homepage (without
Suggested Edits).
*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 External identifiers: Taiwan Central News Agency news topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14544>, Stockholm Archipelago
Trail ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14545>, Sceneweb
artwork ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14546>, Sceneweb
production ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14547>, Fantia ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14548>, Finnish educational
institution ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14549>, altinget.se
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14550>, Il cinema
ritrovato film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14551>, TV
Guide film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14552>, FOD
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14553>, LRT topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14554>, Jiji Press Member of
Parliament ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14555>, Huellas
Digitales de la Memoria ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14556>, Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14557>
- New General datatypes property proposals to review:
- subdiscipline of
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subdiscipline_of>
(less
specific academic discipline)
- has garden
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_garden>
(Object
is a {{Q|1107656}} related to this {{Q|16222597}})
- ranking by
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ranking_by>
(issuer
of a ranking)
- linguistic group
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/linguistic_group>
(group
of people who share the same language, regardless of their ancestry or
ethnicity)
- New External identifier property proposals to review: Pure Adult
actress ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pure_Adult_actress_ID>
, Taiwan Central News Agency News tag id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Central_News_Agency_News_tag_id>
, Pure Adult studio ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pure_Adult_studio_ID>
, Natural science/GBIF taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_science/GBIF_taxon_ID>
, Digitaler Portraitindex person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digitaler_Portraitindex_person_ID>
, torial ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/torial_ID>,
Dicionário
da Língua Portuguesa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dicion%C3%A1rio_da_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_ID>
, Pontifical Urbaniana University ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pontifical_Urbaniana_University_ID>
, Samtrafiken-vehicle-id
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Samtrafiken-vehicle-id>
, Sundsvall Municipality opendata ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sundsvall_Municipality_opendata_ID>
, Nakamura Kikaku ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nakamura_Kikaku_ID>
, KBS News topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KBS_News_topic_ID>
, GIGA actress ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GIGA_actress_ID>
, Zen Pictures actress ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zen_Pictures_actress_ID>
, Identifiant d'une personne sur Autoroc
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27une_personne_sur_Autoroc>
, La Grange ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/La_Grange_ID>,
Rakuten
Books author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rakuten_Books_author_ID>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: Roles and contributions of ? in Fictional Universes
and Media franchises <https://w.wiki/RtYx> (source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#c-Jheald-20260627104200-Fantastoria-20260627091900>
)
- Schema examples: it's World Cup time so here's 2
soccer/football-related EntitySchemas.
- E404:Swedish Soccer Player
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E404> and E183:Chilean
Women's Football Players
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E183>
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- WikiProject Logic
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Logic>
- WikiProject Roots and Rhythms
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Roots_and_Rhythms>
- WikiProject Highlights: GovDirectory has opened a Madagascar
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Madagascar>
page.
- Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items>
: Lionel Messi <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615> - 6 World Cups,
scoring in the last 7 consecutive matches.
*Development*
- Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects:
- We are continuing to evaluate the prototype for reducing the number
of unnecessary edits from Wikidata that show up in watchlist and recent
changes of Wikipedia and co. The approach is to look at the diff of the
rendered article before and after the change from Wikidata is made. If
there is no difference then the change is probably not relevant for that
article. We are collecting a sample to further understand how it performs.
- To continue to address Wikidata's scaling issues, we are planning
the migration of entity usage tables to the X1 cluster.
- Mobile editing of statements:
- We implemented more feedback from testing of the new mobile
front-end. Specifically we worked on making it clearer when a statements
already exist that the editor is trying to add to the Item.
- Additionally, we made minor improvements to the look and feel of
the mobile front-end.
- REST API:
- REST search routes now take apihighlimits right into account (
phab:T428032 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428032>)
- We are starting to work on Lexeme support (phab:T429572
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429572>, phab:T429332
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429332>)
- GraphQL:
- We added support for requesting “best statements” for a given
Property (phab:T428138 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428138>)
- We are working on adding support for negation in Property value
pair filters (phab:T429580 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429580>
)
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: Poland
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Poland>
- 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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