Wikidata November 2025

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Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: [BREAKING CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT] Wikidata Query Service graph split available in production; scholarly entity queries require migration by March 2025
by Luca Martinelli [Sannita＠WMF] 11 Dec '25

11 Dec '25

On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM Physikerwelt <wiki(a)physikerwelt.de> wrote: > > Dear Luca, > > the communication was good I think. > > However, I don't understand the decision process. Who is the > responsible person, e.g., the product manager, who eventually decided > to cut WDQS into pieces? > > Moritz The decision was defined together by the Search Team at Wikimedia Foundation and the people in charge of Wikidata at Wikimedia Deutschland. In particular, Lydia Pintscher is ultimately responsible for all Wikidata product decisions at WMDE. I would like to stress how this decision was not taken lightheartedly. It's been three years that we know that Blazegraph is on the verge of failing, we wrote a playbook in case of dramatic failure,[1] and we evaluated several alternatives to Blazegraph,[2] each with its pros and cons. While evaluating which way to go, knowing that no solution would be a "magic wand" that would magically solve all our problems - in fact, no "magic solution" exists, each comes with its load of problems and costs - we came to terms with the fact that we needed more time and the split was a harsh, but ultimately effective solution to buy some time in the transition to the next backend. Hope this helps. L. [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_up… [2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_up…

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Upcoming Language Community Meeting (November 28th, 16:00 UTC), Newsletter, and Technical Contribution Tasks
by Srishti Sethi 27 Nov '25

27 Nov '25

Hello everyone! We're excited to announce that the next Language Community Meeting is happening soon - on November 28th at 16:00 UTC! If you’d like to join, simply sign up on the wiki page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…> . This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis, and collaborate on solutions. For example, in our upcoming meeting, we plan to hear from contributors of the Wikitongues project and Fante Wikimedia Community. Got a topic to share? Whether it’s a technical update from your project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support, we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this message or add agenda items to the document here <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/language-community-meeting-nov-2025>. Also, we’d like to highlight that the 9th edition of the Language & Internationalization Newsletter (October 2025) <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/…> is now available. This newsletter provides updates from the July–September 2025 quarter on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the newsletter <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Newsletter:Language_and_Internationalization…> on its wiki page. Are you interested in contributing to the technical work around language development? See a curated list of technical contribution tasks here: T407935 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T407935>. We look forward to your ideas and participation at the Language Community Meeting. See you there! Cheers, Srishti *Srishti Sethi* Senior Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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You said you were interested. You’re a rare exception
by Lisa 26 Nov '25

26 Nov '25

Here's the reminder you asked us to send. Dear Wikipedia Reader, Please don’t skip this 1-minute read. My name is Lisa Seitz Gruwell, and I'm the Deputy to the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation While browsing on Wikipedia, you asked us to remind you later about supporting Wikipedia. Thank you for considering donating! This Tuesday, I wanted to let you know that our fundraiser won’t last long. So if you’d like to donate this year, we ask you to reflect on the number of times you visited Wikipedia in the past year and if you’re able to give $2.75 to the Wikimedia Foundation (the organization behind Wikipedia and its sister sites). If everyone reading this gives $2.75 or whatever they can, we'll hit our goal. Please, support our work. Give $2.75 » https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/RRL9sqrWyaBL/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… Give $5 » https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/e_m3S~Drvbfa/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… Give $10 » https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/XgyNHKEe30sp/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… Give another amount » https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/6kNYSeDXk4cL/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… In the age of AI, access to verifiable facts is crucial. Wikipedia is at the heart of online information, powering everything from your personal searches to emerging AI technologies. And it will only grow more useful. If Wikipedia is one of the websites you use most and if the knowledge you gain here is valuable, please give $2.75, or whatever you can afford. Every contribution helps: every edit, every gift counts. https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/wxkEf2y-E3cz/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… With gratitude, Lisa Seitz Gruwell Deputy to the CEO Wikimedia Foundation DONATE $2.75 NOW » https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/zWgmS8krA7tN/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… GIVE WHAT YOU CAN » https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/ZjNXBRAev4C2/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… SET UP A MONTHLY DONATION » https://links.email.wikimedia.org/els/v2/03EqfLDZbvh9/dllpTy9HZWFaVldud1Jlc… -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wikimedia Foundation is an international nonprofit organization that supports local and independent associations around the world. Our tax-exempt status varies according to the laws of each country. Donations to the Wikimedia Foundation are likely not tax-deductible outside the USA. If you have any questions about tax exemptions or reductions, we invite you to contact donate(a)wikimedia.org. You are receiving this email at wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org because you asked us to send you a reminder on Wikipedia. If you do not wish to receive any future emails from the Wikimedia Foundation, unsubscribe now. If you’ve already donated recently, we may have an alternate email address on file for you. Please let us know! We’ll be happy to unsubscribe any old email addresses. https://lp.email.wikimedia.org/wiki/Unsubscribe?spMailingID=75257180&spUser… Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 98204 Washington, DC 20090-8204 United States of America enNZC2526_RML1

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Weekly Summary #707
by josef anthony 24 Nov '25

24 Nov '25

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-11-24. Missed the previous one? See issue #706 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Pr…>.* *Discussions* - New requests for permissions/Bot: - News2DataBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/News2Da…> - Task(s): Check for new, unlinked articles on Polish Wikinews <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/pl:> and create relevant Items. - WikidataLiteraryWorksMetaDataUpload <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Wikidat…> - Task(s): Upload metadata for literary works from research project. - New request for comments: The Exhibition Models <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Exhibition_mode…> RfC was split into 2 Schema proposals: Exhibition Concept <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schema_proposals/exhibition_concept> and Exhibition Manifestation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Schema_proposals/exhibition_manifest…> . *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Upcoming LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group session on 25 November 2025: Join the community-driven effort led by WikiProject Personal Pronouns to improve pronoun data modeling and ethics in Wikidata. This is part of a three-session series (Oct 14, Nov 25, Dec 9) focused on implementing new best practices. No prior Wikidata experience required. Join at 17:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1764090000>. Event page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Gr…> . - Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026> - Hosted in Milan, Italy, scholarships are now open, apply on Pretix <https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/Hackathon-2026/>. - Art+Feminism & Whose Knowledge? <https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNg5ldkSi6/> - A conversation on building a feminist data future, Dec 5, 2025, 13:00 UTC (Time zone converter <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1764939600>). *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - Impact of Wikipedia and Wikidata on ChatGPT search results <https://www.allmo.ai/articles/what-we-know-about-the-impact-of-wikipedia-on…> - Wikidata as an authority data source for private collectors <https://christianmahnke.de/en/post/authority-data-for-private-collectors/> - (German) Environmental and climate reference in large knowledge databases. Wikipedia, Wikidata and environmental portals in comparison <https://www.wikimeisterei.info/umwelt-und-klimabezug-in-grossen-wissensdate…> - Presentations: Wikidata as a challenge for rule systems (Declarative AI 2025 Conf.) - Slides <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slideshow,_Wikidata_as_a_Challenge_…> / Recording <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_as_a_Challenge_for_Rule_Sy…> - Papers: Snapshot of bibliographic metadata from Wikidata for all Arabic periodicals published worldwide before 1930 <https://zenodo.org/records/17658826> - Project Jarāʾid, by T. Grallert, (2025). - Videos: - An introduction to Wikidata and its use for librarians and researchers <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iiL9WFx2JY>; slides available on Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_introduction_to_Wikidata_and_its…> - WikidataCon 2025 Session Playlists (YouTube): Day 1 (31.10) <https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejPTAZXQTHlAElm-DZ5dohph&si=5IJ…> / Day 2 (01.11) <https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejM0BKzQWaw_WKIBamH4DevT&si=U-s…> / Day 3 (02.11) <https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLduaHBu_3ejNQdOCF9ztkrUktwi_UMRD5&si=0xX…> - Wikidata in library catalogues: Introduction to the Primo VE linked data feature <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4ujNG8w5M> - By Dr Thneed - Wikidata Live Editing: Stolpersteine and the Holocaust victims they commemorate <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXIZBfft7A> - Towards Linked Data Fluency: Takeaways from a Wikidata Workflow Pilot Program <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MKIlVJyeCw&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD> - Enhancing authority files through SPARQL federated queries <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoNMI7o_G4> - Thomas Kerboul and the Bibliothèque de Genève improved person data by comparing Wikidata and IdRef, with manual checks preventing ID mix-ups. - (Spanish) Inspiring Women: Layla Michán - Wikidata and research <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlREPqT9f8> - Dr. Aguirre (UNAM) discusses Wikidata as a collaborative research tool and shared experiences in the “Women Who Inspire” series. *Tool of the week* - Timetrail <https://wikidata-timetrail.toolforge.org/> is a website that visualizes the movement of Wikidata items over time by mapping their associated events and locations. - The redesigned WikiProvenance is now live, featuring a new front end and backend for exploring and comparing Wikidata provenance information. Try examples like Johann Sebastian Bach <https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/provenance.html?item=Q1339> or Human vs. City <https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/compare.html?compare=Q5,Q515> and Paris vs. London <https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/compare.html?compare=Q90,Q84>. Explore it here: https://wikiprovenance.toolforge.org/ *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - LDF endpoint retirement considered <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access#Linked_Data_Fragments_en…>: The unstable and low-traffic LDF endpoint may be retired to reduce maintenance effort and unnecessary load on WDQS. If your workflow depends on it and you would hate to see it go, please let the Wikidata development team know at Wikidata talk:Data access <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Data_access>. - WDQS Legacy endpoint deprecation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Reminder:_WDQS_legacy_e…>: The legacy endpoint (query-legacy-full.wikidata.org) will be fully decommissioned on 7 January 2026. Please migrate tools and workflows to the supported endpoints: query.wikidata.org (Main) or query-scholarly.wikidata.org (Scholarly). Assistance is available on the Data Access <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access> and Request a Query <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query> pages. - Insights from Data Governance Research Process 2025 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Community_report_Data_Governance_Re…>: Results of the research to better understand how the communities currently think about which data and communities are best served by Wikidata, Wikibase Cloud or Wikibase Suite respectively. - Abstract Wikipedia naming contest <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Abstr…>: Help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project which is provisionally known as Abstract Wikipedia. The second phase of voting is now open until December 1. *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: CUIT <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13940>, REGAFI id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13941>, Hong Kong company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13942>, California Entity Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13943>, Mã số doanh nghiệp <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13944>, ‎InfoconDB series ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13945>, ‎InfoconDB conference ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13946>, ‎Biography.com ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13947>, Hudobné centrum person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13948>, Hudobné centrum group ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13949>, FAIR Epigraphic Vocabularies ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13950>, NVLI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13951>, SerBenfiquista.com players ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13952>, ‎BG IISDA org ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13953>, ‎BG NACID person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13954>, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13955>, Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13956>, National cultural monument of Czechia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13957>, ‎Davis Cup player ID since 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13958> , ‎Eiga.com drama ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13959>, Last Address ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13960> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - parliamentary group leader <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/parliamentary_grou…> (the identity of the leader of a parliamentary group) - SignWriting transcription <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SignWriting_transc…> (representation in SignWriting) - free height <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/free_height> (vertical distance from the floor level to the lowest obstruction in the ceiling of an indoor or outdoor space) - thumbtime <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/thumbtime> (Time for video thumbnail in seconds) - Credibly accused of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Credibly_accused_of> (entity (person or organization) that has been credibly accused of a crime or serious misconduct, but is not (yet) convicted) - New External identifier property proposals to review:: CHZZK streamer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CHZZK_streamer_ID> , FC Barcelona players ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FC_Barcelona_playe…> , Qalamos person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qalamos_person_ID> , KISTI conference ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KISTI_conference_ID> , KaraokeTexty.cz artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KaraokeTexty.cz_ar…> , KaraokeTexty.cz song ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KaraokeTexty.cz_so…> , DLSite dōjin circle ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLSite_d%C5%8Djin_…> , DLSite person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLSite_person_ID> , DLSite work ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DLSite_work_ID> , Showlabs ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Showlabs_ID>, DEUMM Online ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DEUMM_Online_ID> , Kvinnehistorie.no persons ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kvinnehistorie.no_…> , Foot Résultats player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Foot_R%C3%A9sultat…> , Manga-DB person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manga-DB_person_ID> , Manga-DB publisher ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manga-DB_publisher…> , Manga-DB magazine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Manga-DB_magazine_…> , Slekt og Data cemetery ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Slekt_og_Data_ceme…> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Videogames in the wrong genre <https://w.wiki/GGLu> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Video_games_with_the…> ) - People buried in Italian (or subregion) cemeteries <https://w.wiki/GGM2> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#People_buried_in_Ita…> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - Bookbindings <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Bookbindings> - share metadata and images from the currently offline Database of Bookbindings at the British Library - Irish Traditional Music:Projects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Irish_Traditional_Music/…> - aims to systematically create and enhance Wikidata items for people profiled in the 2024 edition of Fintan Vallely's The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. - Basketball: Western Illinois Leathernecks Women's <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Basketball/Teams/Western…> - WikiProject Highlights: Lost Media/Subpages <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Lost_Media#Subpages> - aim to list all media lost to time in Wikidata - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : arXiv (Q118398) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118398> - online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Bogucin (L1405411) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1405411> - Polish proper noun (bɔˈɡu.t͡ɕin) meaning "village in Greater Poland", "village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship", or "village in Lublin Voivodeship" *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_propertie…> . - 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/Pr…> · 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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Data Governance Research Insights
by Valerie Wollinger 24 Nov '25

24 Nov '25

Dear Wikidata Community, Please look at our latest research insights within the Data Governance Research process by Annie Kim: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Community_report_Data_Governance_Re… . We're happy to hear your feedback! Kindly Valerie Wollinger (She/Her) Community Communications Manager Wikibase Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0https://wikimedia.de Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/>. Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision!https://spenden.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorständin: Franziska Heine

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Weekly Summary #706
by josef anthony 17 Nov '25

17 Nov '25

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2025-11-17. Missed the previous one? See issue #705 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Pr…>.* *Discussions* - New requests for permissions/Bot: - Che-W-bot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Che-W-b…> - Task(s): Possible duplicate of the bot below. - CheWikibot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/CheWiki…> - Task(s): Import new articles created on Chechen Wikipedia (ce.wiki) to Wikidata. - DDResearchBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/DDResea…> - Task(s): This bot will facilitate adding structured, cited data from trusted integrity sources to Wikidata for Dewey Digital <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Deweydigital>. - Closed request for comments: - Adapt blocking policy to IPv6 networks <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Adapt_blocking_…> - While there is a general agreement for admins to block /64, no consensus to add to the blocking Policy was reached. - Proposal to better document featured SPARQL queries <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Documented_and_…> - Consensus was reached and a vote is planned. - Gender neutral Labels for occupations/positions in French <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Gender_neutral_…> - Majority support for using male and female forms in French labels and aliases, gender-neutral descriptions, and completing male/female label properties. - Items for videos of online platforms that represent notable Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Creating_items_…> - No consensus could be reached. - Should Labels of interlanguage links from other Wikipedia Projects? <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Is_it_worth_to_…> - There is general support to import labels, however there are concerns about the import as an Alias. - Signed Statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Signed_Statemen…> - No consensus could be reached. - Use of dates in descriptions of items regarding humans <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Use_of_dates_in…> - Dates on Wikidata are community-specific; add only to disambiguate, don’t remove, and format per language conventions. - Project chat: Proposal:Prohibiting LLM-generated content <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Proposal:_Prohibiting_L…> - Other: - Wikidata:Temporary account IP viewer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Temporary_account_IP_viewer> - users who may view IP addresses associated with temporary accounts. - Wikidata:Self-promotion <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Self-promotion> - an essay on creating an Item about yourself, your organisation, or your work is a form of self-promotion and is strongly discouraged. Feel free to update this page. *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Wikidata Days: IWUG and WAFTAI <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_Days_IWUG_and_WAFTAI_2025> - A 4 day edit-a-thon beginning November 26, 2025, for Cameroonian and Nigerian educational institutions. - WikiLatih Wikidata <https://wikimedia.or.id/acara/wikilatih-wikidata-fakultas-sains-dan-teknolo…>- November 21, 08:50am (WIB), learning around Wikidata: how to reuse data and edit Items. Organised by the Faculty of Science and Technology Universitas Airlangga. - Just missed it: First steps in Wikidata for the Wikimedia LGBT Community <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:First_steps_in_Wikidata_for_the_Wikim…> - two introductory workshops for English, French and Spanish Wikipedians with an interest in learning Wikidata. *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: GLAM Netherlands report <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/October_2025/Contents/N…> The joint Radboud–Maastricht project Open Topstukken concluded at the Dutch National Library, showcasing 30 digitized collection highlights enriched with Linked Open Data via Wikidata and supported by new tools, documentation, and visualizations to enhance digital accessibility and interoperability. - Videos: - (Spanish) Mujeres que Inspiran: Layla Michán - Wikidata e investigación <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlREPqT9f8> (Women who inspire. Wikidata & research) - Wikidata Workshop: Improving African Authors and Books Items <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CIVEYu4_C5E> - (Spanish) Enriquecer, reutilizar y modelar datos y metadatos usando Wikidata. Tomás Saorín Pérez <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-CBvDSjnjM> (Enrich, reuse, and model data and metadata using Wikidata.) - Guide to the Wikidata Notability Policy <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EAXd0rIl3kU> - Wikidata: Wikimedia's knowledge graph in a world of generative AI <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NnZan0XUpAc> - (Portuguese) O que saber antes de editar no Wikidata <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zvIJUb4Z4r0> (What to know before editing on Wikidata) - (Portuguese) Para além da Wikipédia: como os dados estruturados conectam saberes <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SZRaZMkwoWc> (Beyond Wikipedia: how structured data connect knowledge) *Tool of the week* - ArchiveExternaLinks <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Poro26/ArchiveExternaLinks.js/Documentat…> is a UserScript by Poro26 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Poro26>. The UserScript automates the archiving of all external links present in an item, whether they appear in statements, references or identifiers. For each external link, the script automatically adds an archive link [archive], similar to what is done on Wikipedia for web sources cited in references *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: - data collection method <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13923> (scientific data collection procedure used in/by the subject) - time of deposition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13926> (point in time when an archaeological object or assemblage was buried, hidden, lost, or otherwise deposited) - Commonwealth Sport country code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13939> (code for countries participating in Commonwealth Sport events) - Newest External identifiers: Japanese Film Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13924>, GCatholic former diocese ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13925>, Myanmar Company Registration Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13927>, Team Austria athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13928>, ‎ECHL.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13929>, ‎Genbu.net ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13930>, ISTAMPIE ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13931>, HarmonyOS NEXT APP ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13932>, Federal Legal Information ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13933>, UNESCO Virtual Museum inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13934>, South Korean Business Registration Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13935>, ‎Lämningsnummer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13936>, ‎Mackolik football manager ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13937>, Biserici.org church ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13938> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: role in naming <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/role_in_naming> (the role the namesake played in relation to this item, i.e. why the item is named after the namesake) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Korea Heritage Service Heritage Portal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Korea_Heritage_Ser…> , Lubimyczytać version/edition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lubimyczyta%C4%87_…> , UEA catalogue ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/UEA_catalogue_ID> , CRA program account number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CRA_program_accoun…> , PL-AED <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PL-AED>, Yandex Object Answer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yandex_Object_Answ…> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Towns named after Alexander the great <https://w.wiki/G2bz> - Heritage added to the Memory of the World International Register in 2025 <https://w.wiki/G8T$> (newly added data) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects> : WikiProject LGBTQ History <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LGBTQ_History> - aims to improve and organize data related to the history, people, places, events, and organizations that have contributed to LGBTQ+ experiences across time and geography. - WikiProject Highlights: - 👩🔬Passionate about highlighting women's achievements? WikiProject Women is dedicated to creating and improving data about women worldwide. Help close the gender gap in knowledge! WikiProject Women <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Women> - 🗳️ Interested in democracy and political data? Join WikiProject Elections to model data about elections, candidates, and results from around the globe. Make electoral data open and accessible! WikiProject Elections <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Elections> - 🏛️ How do you find info on government institutions? WikiProject Govdirectory has a structured data model for that! Help improve data about public agencies on Wikidata. WikiProject Govdirectory <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory> - 🎵 Into music? From classical to K-pop, WikiProject Music needs your expertise to harmonize data on songs, artists, and releases. Join the band! WikiProject Music <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Music> - 🧬 Your skills can help model lifesaving data. WikiProject Medicine works on structured data for diseases, drugs, clinical trials, and anatomy. Join a project that matters. WikiProject Medicine <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Medicine> - 🔍 Interested in how knowledge itself is structured? WikiProject Ontology delves into the fundamental classes and properties of Wikidata. Shape the backbone of the knowledge graph! WikiProject Ontology <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Aboriginal Australians (Q12060728) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12060728> - First Nations people of Australia - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: ਦਿਮਾਗ਼ (L1078947) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1078947> - Punjabi noun (dɪ.mäːɣ) meaning "brain (organ)", "intellect/mind", or "understanding/consciousness" *Development* - Mobile statement editing: - We are working on editing statements that link to other entities in their value (phab:T403974 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403974> , phab:T409149 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T409149>) - We enabled mobile statement editing as a beta feature on test.wikidata.org (phab:T407737 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T407737>) - GraphQL prototype: We finished the work on making labels of linked entities available (phab:T404692 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404692>) - Dumps: We are continuing to work on making the dump process more robust 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/?filt…> . *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_propertie…> . - 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/Pr…> · 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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Save the date and Scholarship Launch: 2026 Wikimedia Hackathon May 1-3, 2026
by Bee Piovesan 10 Nov '25

10 Nov '25

*This message was sent in bcc to the following email list: wikitech-ambassadors(a)lists.wikimedia.org <http://lists.wikimedia.org>; cloud(a)lists.wikimedia.org <cloud(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <wikidata-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>. * Hello all, We’re happy to announce that the 2026 Wikimedia Hackathon <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026> will be taking place in person May 1 - 3, 2026 in Milan, Italy! The Wikimedia Hackathon is an annual event that brings together the global technical community to connect, hack, and explore new ideas. Experienced technical contributors from all around the world come together to improve the technological infrastructure and software that powers and benefits the Wikimedia projects. The 2026 event is being organized by the Wikimedia Foundation in collaboration with local Wikimedia affiliate, Wikimedia Italia (WMIT) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Italia>. During the Hackathon, we will focus on bringing together people who have already contributed to the many technical aspects of Mediawiki and our Wikimedia projects, those who know how to find their way around on our technical ecosystem, and who are able to work or collaborate on projects rather autonomously. We'll be livestreaming the Hackathon opening ceremony and closing showcase for those unable to attend in person. Local and global communities are also welcome to organize pre-hackathon events or related meetups. Next steps: - Scholarship applications are open and will close on November 28, 2025. If you would like to apply for a scholarship to attend the hackathon, please apply through Pretix <https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/Hackathon-2026/> before the deadline: - Scholarships provided will adhere to the WMF travel policy <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Scholarship_travel_policy> guidelines. - Event registration will open in January 2026 and will close mid April 2026, or earlier based on event capacity. - Mark your calendars and register early! And don’t miss the scholarship application deadline! If you have any questions or would like to reach out to the organizing team, feel free to email hackathon(a)wikimedia.org or comment on the talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Hackathon_2026&a…>. All participants will adhere to the Code of Conduct <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct> for Wikimedia technical spaces and the Friendly Space Policy <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_space_policy>. We hope to see you in May! -- *Bee Piovesan *(she/her) Lead Program Manager, Developer Outreach Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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Weekly Summary #705
by josef anthony 10 Nov '25

10 Nov '25

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-11-10. Missed the previous one? See issue #704 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Pr…>.* *Discussions* - Other: Draft policy for temporary account IP viewers <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Temporary_account_IP_viewer>. What requirements should be set for this user right? *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: Introducing the Unicode Inflection Library Technical Preview Release <https://blog.unicode.org/2025/11/introducing-unicode-inflection-library.html> : The Unicode Inflection Library leverages comprehensive lexicons from Wikidata to support standardized, multilingual grammatical transformations for global software applications. - Videos: - Art+Feminism Celebrates Wikidata! <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwiCHKogS_8> - Day 5_Using WikiData with Spyral Notebook and Project Presentation <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0TnhpU1U9U&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD> - Wikidata and Wikipedia training for Art+Feminism 2025 in Uganda <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng89cq6ZH-o> - What are Wikidata WikiProjects, and why should you join one? Watch this great explainer <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What_can_I_do_on_Wikidata%3F_Exampl…> from the #LevelingUpDays2024 to see how these communities work together! Then, find your project: Wikidata:WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProjects> *Tool of the week* - User:Difool/WikidataCleanup.js <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Difool/WikidataCleanup.js>: gadget allowing to do, in one click, a wide series of cleanups in an item: normalize labels, descriptions, and aliases (double spaces, certain Unicode characters), remove weak references, remove weakly referenced dates when they have lower precision than a strongly referenced date and downgrade unnecessary preferred ranks; about the general issue of redundancies in Wikidata, you can check WikiProject Redundancy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Redundancy> - Ghanasupremecases <https://ghanasupremecases.toolforge.org/> is a webapp that dynamically pulls and displays over 2,000 Supreme Court of Ghana cases from Wikidata, allowing users to access case details linked directly to Wikidata items. The goal is to make African legal data more open, structured, and discoverable, and to demonstrate how Wikidata can serve as a foundation for national-level legal archive *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Temporary accounts rollout: Starting November 12, the community will see logged‑out edits handled through temporary accounts instead of IPs, prompting tool and bot checks. - Help shape the future WikidatCon! If you attended WikidataCon 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025>, please take 10 minutes to share your feedback in this <https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/WikidataCon-2025-Feedback> anonymous GDPR-compliant survey (sslsurvey) *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: - operating humidity <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13903> (humidity at which a device operates) - collector <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13914> (person or group who physically collected a specimen or object in the field) - Serbo-Croatian preferred project code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13922> (For an interwiki article, the property points to the Serbo-Croatian project (sh, bs, hr, sr) that either has a special connection to the topic or the highest quality article.) - Newest External identifiers: CACI company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13893>, AEK Football player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13894>, Sultanlar Ligi player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13895>, BeWeb historical or artistic asset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13896>, SofaScore sports team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13897>, FootballFakts.ru football match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13898>, Kicker sports match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13899>, BDFutbol match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13900>, Foot Mercato / Fichajes / Fussball Transfers player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13901>, ‎Disney+ browse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13902>, ‎Filmarks ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13904>, Memorial Book of Social Democracy-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13905>, NLAI ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13906>, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13907>, The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13908>, Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Dictionary and Glossary of Terms entry <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13909>, Filmfriend movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13910>, Hesse School ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13911>, The Oxford Dictionary of Dance entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13912>, Saxony School ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13913>, NCL Taiwan Periodical Literature periodical identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13915>, NZ Charities Register Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13916>, IFES Election Guide ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13917>, Arte de la Argentina ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13918>, Democratic Memory Bank ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13919>, Kicker competition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13920>, Soccer365.net team ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13921> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - time of deposition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/time_of_deposition> (date or point in time when an archaeological object or assemblage was buried, hidden, lost, or otherwise deposited.) - readiness <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/readiness> (readiness) - greenhouse gases emissions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/greenhouse_gases_e…> (amount of greenhouse effect emited by a given company or industry sector) - neuter form of label <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/neuter_form_of_lab…> (neuter form of name or title) - current season <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/current_season> ({{TranslateThis | an identifier for the team's current season  }}) - flag carrier of <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/flag_carrier_of> (country of which the airline is the flag carrier) - New External identifier property proposals to review: BFXC authority ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BFXC_authority_ID> , BWB-nummer <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BWB-nummer>, Schulnummer Brandenburg <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schulnummer_Brande…> , Encyclopedia of Shinto ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_Sh…> , Power Thesaurus ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Power_Thesaurus_ID> , WDSF person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WDSF_person_ID> , Blu-Ray.com film ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Blu-Ray.com_film_ID> , Japanese Law Translation ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japanese_Law_Trans…> , USGS Publication ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/USGS_Publication_ID> , Afrikaregisteret ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Afrikaregisteret_ID> , National cultural monument of Czechia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_cultural_…> , Admirable Façades styles ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Admirable_Fa%C3%A7…> , Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage buildings ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory…> , Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage streets ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brussels_Inventory…> , Dicionário Biográfico de Cientistas, Engenheiros e Médicos em Portugal ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dicion%C3%A1rio_Bi…> , TikTok User ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TikTok_User_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: Map of all places related to persons with layers by property of the place <https://w.wiki/9hdp> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Map_of_all_places_re…> ) - WikiProject Highlights: Passionate about highlighting women's achievements? WikiProject Women <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Women> is dedicated to creating and improving data about women worldwide. Help close the gender gap in knowledge! #WikidataWikiProjects <https://wikis.world/tags/WikidataWikiProjects> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (Q1136251) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1136251> - cultural landscape in South Africa - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: fold (L4479) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L4479> - English verb (foʊld) meaning "to bend over on itself", "to mix ingredients gently", or "to fail or give in" *Development *The development team were involved in roadmap planning meetings so not much happened in the past week. 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/?filt…> . *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_propertie…> . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?> . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Paraguay <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Paraguay> - 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/Pr…> · 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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Talk to the Search Platform / Query Service Team—November 1, 2025
by Peter Fischer 05 Nov '25

05 Nov '25

Hello everyone! The *Search Platform Team* holds an open meeting on the first Wednesday of each month. You're welcome to join and talk with us about anything related to *Wikimedia search infrastructure and features*. Please note that *Wikidata Query Service (WDQS)* is now maintained by a *dedicated team*, so questions about WDQS may be better directed to them — though we’re happy to help with general search-related context. You can add your discussion topics to the *Etherpad Agenda* for the next meeting. Details for our next meeting: Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2025 Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 08:00 PST / 11:00 EST / 17:00 CET Etherpad: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Search_Platform_Office_Hours Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/vgj-bbeb-uyi Join by phone: https://tel.meet/vgj-bbeb-uyi?pin=8118110806927 Have fun and see you soon! -- Peter Fischer (he/him) Senior Software Engineer, Search Platform Wikimedia Foundation

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Weekly Summary #704
by josef anthony 03 Nov '25

03 Nov '25

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-11-03. Missed the previous one? See issue #703 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Pr…>.* *Discussions* - Closed request for adminship: Samoasambia <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrat…> - New requests for permissions/Bot: langCodesBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/langCod…> - Task(s): Python script to automate the cleanup of deprecated language codes (e.g., kr) from Wikidata items. Delete or move labels, descriptions, and aliases based on comparisons with fallback and related languages. The script uses the Pywikibot framework to process each item and logs cases it skips due to data inconsistencies or ambiguity to a CSV file for manual review. - New request for comments: Exhibition models <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Exhibition_mode…> by Hexatekin <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Hexatekin> - This proposal focuses on standardizing models for art exhibitions. There is not a consistent data model used for art exhibitions that factors in parent-child relationships for traveling exhibitions, show series, or biennials, despite these being important and common types of events in international art history. *Events* - Past: - Happy Birthday, Wikidata 🎉! We celebrated Wikidata’s 13th birthday with a community call to unveil presents and play games. Check out the replay of the event and the cool gifts people made: Wikidata:Thirteenth Birthday/Presents & messages <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Presents_%26_mes…> - WikidataCon: You can catch up on the recordings and slides in the program <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025/Program> - Wikidata Workshop at ISWC <https://wikidataworkshop.github.io/2025/>: You can catch up on the published papers on the website. *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - Building an Internet for Everyone: Wikidata Recognized as a Digital Public Good <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wik…> - *Enriching Wikidata with AuthorityBox. An interview with Stefano Bargioni* <https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2025/10/28/enriching-wikidata-with-authority…> - examples of AuthorityBox can be seen in PUSC catalogue <https://catalogo.pusc.it/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=136541> , URBE catalogue <http://koha-urbs.reteurbs.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=3168…> (code <http://koha-urbs.reteurbs.org/opac-tmpl/lib/AuthorityBox_URBS.js> ), Keratsini-Drapetsona catalogue <https://opac.keratsini-drapetsona.gr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumb…>; cf. also Stefano Bargioni, *From Authority Enrichment to AuthorityBox. Applying RDA in a Koha environment* <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84951093> (2020) - Exploring Nairobi and Building a Global Network: The Inspiring Wikimania@20 Experience <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/11/02/exploring-nairobi-and-building-a-glob…> - Supercharging Cultural Institution Collections with Wikidata <https://wikiedu.org/blog/2025/10/31/supercharging-cultural-institution-coll…> - Videos: - Por qué el conocimiento libre importa más que nunca | Gustavo Candela | Jornadas Anuales 2025 <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6SkqxD9n1eY> - Wikidata Ontology Course | A NotebookLM Deep Dive <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FbaII87_M84> - Odia Wikimedians User Group Celebration of the 13th Wikidata Birthday <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ss6_wbK1gck> - Como utilizar o OpenRefine para cadastrar artigos científicos na Wikidata? - WikiTutoriais #05 <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIknKpmIYw> - Supercharging Cultural Institution Collections with Wikidata [October 2025 <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZWKcwXNhPI>] - ¿Cómo es la ontología de Wikidata? <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LL93wMSFkKs&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD> - Wikidata @13 celebration by the Tyap Wikimedians <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT0pvzfFeug> *Tool of the week *The Wikidata Reference Validator <https://wikidata-reference-validator.toolforge.org/> by User:JosefAnthony <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony> helps check and replace broken or outdated references — keeping Wikidata’s knowledge verifiable and trustworthy. It checks whether external references are still accessible or offline, so we can ensure that every statement on Wikidata shows how we know what we know. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wik…> - Wikimedia chapters are providing scholarships for Wikimania 2026. Apply here if you're interested: Wikipedia:Förderung/Wikimania/English <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:F%C3%B6rderung/Wikimania/English> *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: ‎Newegg item ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13891>, ‎Hardcore Gaming 101 game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13892> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Luminous flux <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Luminous_flux> (Numerical value of the luminous flux emitted by a lighting device or light source, measured in lumens) - anatomical structure in view <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/anatomical_structu…> (the anatomical structure in view in the photo, e.g. head, wing, habitus (body)) - anatomical view <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/anatomical_view> (view of an anatomical structure, e.g. ventral, dorsal, frontal) - collector <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/collector> (person or group who physically collected a specimen or object in the field) - Serbo-Croatian preferred project code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Serbo-Croatian_pre…> (For an interwiki article, the property points to the Serbo-Croatian project (sh, bs, hr, sr) that either has a special connection to the topic or the highest quality article.) - New External identifier property proposals to review: BG IISDA org ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BG_IISDA_org_ID> , BG NACID person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BG_NACID_person_ID> , GCatholic former diocese ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCatholic_former_d…> , Grokipedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grokipedia_ID> , The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Diction…> , Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Encyclopedia_of_A…> , Davis Cup player ID 2025 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Davis_Cup_player_I…> , Eiga.com drama ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_drama_ID> , AntCat ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AntCat_ID>, Last Address ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Last_Address_ID> , Disney+ browse ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Disney%2B_browse_ID> , Japanese Film Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japanese_Film_Data…> , Japan Location Database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japan_Location_Dat…> , Fight.ru fighters ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fight.ru_fighters_…> , IMI person id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMI_person_id> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Map of ~12.000 western European tram stops among their respective networks <https://w.wiki/Fqji> - Count of Wikipedia articles about UNESCO Memory of the World inscriptions <https://w.wiki/FvKQ> - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : perestroïka (Q167634) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167634> - political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost policy reform - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>:baseline (L46097) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L46097> - English noun (ˈbeɪslaɪn) meaning "a starting point for comparison", "a benchmark in budgeting", or "a reference line in typography or surveying" *Development* - Mobile editing of statements: We are continuing the work on qualifiers and reference editing - GraphQL: We are continuing the work on making labels of linked entities available in GraphQL (phab:T404692 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404692>) - Dumps: We are continuing to look into improvements for the dump process 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/?filt…> . *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_propertie…> . - 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/Pr…> · 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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