* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2026-07-13. Missed the previous one? See issue #739
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions*
- Open request for adminship:
- GA Kevin
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/GA_Kevin>
- RfP scheduled to end after 14 July 2026 18:40 (UTC)
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- Nabbot 2
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Nabbot_2>
- *Task:* Translating English descriptions to Turkish using a
predefined dictionary mapping.
- AgenticCommonsBot 1
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/AgenticCommonsBot_1>
- *Task:* Add Open Library ID (P648)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P648> (OpenLibrary author ID)
to items about people, where the OpenLibrary author and Wikidata
person are the same individual, when every statement is sourced.
- EquipboardBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/EquipboardBot>
- *Task*: Add Equipboard artist ID (P6912)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P6912> to Wikidata items for
musicians, sourced from Equipboard's own database of public artist
identifiers.
- Call for Participation in Improving Constraints
- Just about any aspect of constraints is in scope, from rewriting
existing bots to expanding the power of property constraints to
adding new
kinds of constraint. If you are interested, sign up in WikiProject
Property Constraints/improving
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_property_constraints/improving>
.
*Events*
- Upcoming events
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>:
- Wikimania 2026 <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania>
is fast approaching. Taking place 21 - 25 July in Paris, France. Can't
attend? Register for a ticket to the virtual event
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Registration> and watch
sessions online.
- Interested in Wikibase Ontology Federation
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Ontology-Federation>? Join
the July 14 call, see the Cleaning Task Force
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Cleaning_Task_Force#Tuesday,_14_July_2026,_11:30_EDT_(UTC-4)>
page for more details.
- Previous events:
- The 3rd Quarter Wikidata + Wikibase office hour was held. The
transcript is available to read:
Wikidata:Events/Telegram office hour 2026 07 08
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2026-07-08>
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs
- Behind Better Data: Inside Wikidata’s First WikiProjects Days
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/10/behind-better-data-inside-wikidatas-first-wikiprojects-days>
- Africa Wiki Challenge 2026 in the Ghanaian Pidgin Community:
Documenting “Water for Life” Through Wikimedia Projects
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/12/africa-wiki-challenge-2026-in-the-ghanaian-pidgin-community-documenting-water-for-life-through-wikimedia-projects>
- Reflecting on progress and planning ahead: Dagbani Wikimedians User
Group holds its last quarter team meeting
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/09/reflecting-on-progress-and-planning-ahead-dagbani-wikimedians-user-group-holds-its-last-quarter-team-meeting>
- EduWiki Workshop: Combining PETScan and Generative AI for Smarter
Wikipedia Editing
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/08/eduwiki-workshop-combining-petscan-and-generative-ai-for-smarter-wikipedia-editing>
- Why Computational Historians need Wikidata
<https://computationalhistory.substack.com/p/why-computational-historians-need>
- a substack article by Jim Clifford
- Papers
- A Demonstration of WikiRAG: An Evidence-based Link Prediction for
Wikidata with Retrieval Augmented Generation
<https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3805712.3808389> - WikiRAG is an
interactive framework that combines automated link prediction with
retrieval‑augmented generation and human validation to reliably complete
knowledge graphs like Wikidata by generating candidate links,
retrieving supporting evidence, and enabling users to confirm and export
validated triples. By Sabu, et al., (2026)
- Videos
- Using Open Refine
<https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GRS-0nMsb1Q&pp=iggCQAE%3D&ra=m> by
Wikimedia Australia, Paul Duchesne presents "Using OpenRefine" during
WikiCon Australia 2026, (National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra).
- Let’s Get Mappy - making maps on Wikimedia platforms
<https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oq2fjfAhsgc&pp=iggCQAE%3D&ra=m> by
Wikimedia Australia, Alex Lum presents how location (pushpin)
maps, locator
maps, and interactive "slippy" local maps end up on Wikipedia, and how
infoboxes, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap works together to generate them
- (繁體中文/zh-TW) Tutorial on Editing Temple Data for Wikidata and
Wikimedia Commons <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaOjh92PPuI> -
recording of a workshop (July 5) on Tutorial on Editing Temple Data for
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, held by Wikimedia Taiwan Community
and OSM Taiwan.
- Open data tools for cultural heritage
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCTNRqnOKw> 2nd session in the
workshop series “Open Data to Strengthen Online Cultural Heritage,” held
March 24, 2026, and organized by the National Library of Uruguay (BNU),
Wikimedians of Uruguay, Datysoc, and Data Uruguay.
- GLAMs and Citizen Science Encouraging and Enabling Participation
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrzycFNeVyI> - Siobhan Leachman
presents "citizen science workflows" (BHL, iNaturalist, Bionomia,
Wikidata) to show how GLAM's can empower citizen scientists to reuse
their collections.
*Tool of the week*
- rudof <https://rudof-project.github.io/> can be used as a command line
tool or can be embedded as a library using cargo. It can be used to
validate RDF data represented with different syntaxes like Turtle,
NTriples, to name a few. As well as RDF data available through SPARQL
endpoints like Wikidata
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- A Project Chat discussion
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#c-Ainali-20260623132900-Need_of_a_process_to_become_a_mentor>
on the new Mentorship features
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Growth/Mentorship>. Self-enrollment
has been enabled with the following requirements - account age: 365 days,
edits: 500.
- There is also a proposal
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#c-Bovlb-20260709235700-Discussion>
to add an advisory message to new accounts that create multiple items.
*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 properties
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties>:
- General datatypes: none
- External identifiers: Rakuten TV adult person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14638>, KBS News topic ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14639>, Rakuten Books author
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14640>, PTS News Network
topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14641>, Nakamura
Kikaku ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14642>, La Grange
person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14643>, Fontaines
de Belgique ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14644>, NHK
On Demand program ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14645>, 1SCREEN
program ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14646>, LUDAP ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14647>, Bianco keyword ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14648>, Architectenregister
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14649>, ClayArena
shooter profile ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14650>, Sundsvall
Municipality opendata beach ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14651>, Terceiro Tempo Que
Fim Levou ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14652>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to review:
- General datatypes:
- relocated from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/relocated_from>
(Object is the original or former {{Q|17334923}} of the permanently
relocated {{Q|16222597}})
- OpenType script tag
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenType_script_tag>
(identifier for a script in OpenType)
- transforms from
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transforms_from>
(this fictional or mythical entity transforms from that form)
- Korean Classification of Administrative Districts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Korean_Classification_of_Administrative_Districts>
(code assigned to an administrative district of South Korea
in the Korean
Classification of Administrative Districts)
- External identifiers: Anobii book ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Anobii_book_ID>,
Google Maps Place ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Maps_Place_ID>,
Viberate Artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Viberate_Artist_ID>,
Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage style ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory_of_Architectural_Heritage_style_ID>,
Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage designer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory_of_Architectural_Heritage_designer_ID>,
TuneCore Japan artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TuneCore_Japan_artist_ID>,
Deltarune Wiki article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deltarune_Wiki_article_ID>,
INAPP OA author ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/INAPP_OA_author_ID>,
CNR-IRIS ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CNR-IRIS_ID>,
AnimeOshi anime ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AnimeOshi_anime_ID>,
Guide Japan Person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Guide_Japan_Person_ID>,
CD Journal Artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CD_Journal_Artist_ID>,
CIDIM Artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CIDIM_Artist_ID>,
Operabook Artist ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Operabook_Artist_ID>,
Mizan al-Arab poet ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mizan_al-Arab_poet_ID>,
Norton Simon Museum object ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Norton_Simon_Museum_object_ID>,
OpenStreetMap data item ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_data_item_ID>,
Identifiant sur le Western Orthodox Wiki
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_sur_le_Western_Orthodox_Wiki>,
A World Made by Travel person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_World_Made_by_Travel_person_ID>,
Scent Base notes ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scent_Base_notes_ID>,
radio.net IDs
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/radio.net_IDs>,
Scent Base perfumer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scent_Base_perfumer_ID>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples:
- Items only connected to Telugu Wikipedia <https://w.wiki/SJfA> (
source
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#c-Ainali-20260712084300-Stefan_Kühn-20260712083900>)
- change the language code 'te' to make it work with any other Wikipedia
- Schema examples:
- French historic monument (E269)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E269> - With Wikimania
taking place in the French Capital, you can use this entity schema if you
feel inspired to or expand items on French monuments.
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>:
- Project Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Pleasant_Goat_and_Big_Big_Wolf>
- a Chinese-animated television franchise.
- (Français) Project Orthodox Christianity
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiproject_Orthodox_Christianity>
- Project SUNY Libraries EMCO
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_SUNY_Libraries_EMCO>
- WikiProject Highlights:
- Project Govdirectory Poland
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Poland>
added several new subpages detailing coverage and progress on
State, Local
Agencies and Marshall's Offices.
- Project Property Constraints
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_property_constraints>
added a subpage: Improving
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_property_constraints/improving>
- a call for participation, as a result of discussions during
WikiProjects
Days 2026.
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Most
sitelinked Items (with statements)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/Most_sitelinked_items/with_statements>
*Development*
- Blazegraph migration: We are continuing to prepare the Query UI, Query
Builder, constraint checks, etc for the migration to QLever (phab:T425618
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T425618>)
- Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We are investigating
some Lua modules to find ones responsible for a lot of unnecessary entries
in Watchlist and Recent changes on Wikipedia and co (phab:T429366
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429366>)
- GraphQL: Added support for negation in property value pair filters (
phab:T429580 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429580>)
- REST API: We are working on the first pieces of support for Lexemes:
retrieving a full Lexeme (phab:T429332
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429332>)
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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<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>
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<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)> ·*
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