Wikidata July 2025

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🎂 Wikidata’s 13th Birthday Is Around the Corner. Get Ready to Celebrate!
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 29 Oct '25

29 Oct '25

Hi everyone, Wikidata turns 13 this October, and it’s time to start preparing for the birthday celebrations! Since launching on 29 October 2012, Wikidata has grown into a thriving open-source knowledge base, thanks to all of you. Each year, we come together to mark this milestone. Events and contributions happen throughout October and November 2025, across regions and languages, online and offline. Why we celebrate: - To recognize the work and impact of the Wikidata community - To connect and engage with others who care about open knowledge - To share Wikidata with new audiences and grow the movement How you can take part: 🎉 Join an Event: Birthday celebrations are already being planned. Whether you’re after a hands-on editathon or an informal hangout, there are many ways to get involved. 👉 Keep an eye on the list of events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Calendar> and find one near you. 🎈 Host Your Own: Organize something with your local community. A short Wikidata intro, an editathon, or even a cake-cutting meetup -- every contribution counts. 👉 Visit the birthday page for support and resources <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Run_an_event> to help you promote it. 🎁 Prepare a Birthday Gift: Every year, volunteers create “birthday presents” for the community; new features, playful content, documentation, and more. 👉 Take a look at previous gifts <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Twelfth_Birthday/Presents> and add your idea to this year’s list. 💬 Join the Online Call On October 29*:* we’ll host a call where people can present their gifts, share updates, and celebrate live with the global community. Details will be published soon. 💡 Need support for your event or gift idea? Microgrants are available through Wikimedia Deutschland to help cover costs. You can apply until September 1st via this Lime Survey form <http://lime.wikimedia.de/index.php/897743?lang=en>. For questions, feel free to reply here, contact me directly, or leave a note on the talk page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Thirteenth_Birthday>. If you'd like to discuss WikidataCon 2025, which will take place during the birthday period, feel free to reach out to my colleague Danny <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Danny_Benjafield_(WMDE)>. Looking forward to celebrating together again! Cheers, -- Mohammed S. Abdulai *Community Communications Manager, Wikidata* Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466 https://wikimedia.de Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: cal.com/masssly. A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> 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 Vorstände: Franziska Heine

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Help us improve the Wikidata editing experience on mobile devices
by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai 25 Aug '25

25 Aug '25

Hi everyone, We’re excited to share a new prototype that brings statement editing on Items to mobile. You have been asking for the ability to edit statements on Items via mobile devices. Until now, this hasn’t been possible in the mobile view, requiring editors to switch to desktop mode to make edits, resulting in a clunky and frustrating experience. This prototype is designed to show how we are trying to make contributing to Wikidata easier and more accessible for editors using mobile devices. It has been updated based on a first round of user testing we conducted earlier in April. Now we’d like to get more feedback from you before we move forward. *What we’d like from you* Watch the video demo of the prototype here <https://onedrive.live.com/?redeem=aHR0cHM6Ly8xZHJ2Lm1zL2YvYy8zM2RlYjQ2N2M1Z…> (also available on commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_mobile_editing_experience_…>) and tell us what you think! You can share your feedback on the project discussion page: Wikidata talk:Usability and usefulness/Item editing experience/Mobile editing of statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_e…> Here are a few questions to help you get thinking about your feedback: - What did you like most about the solution? - How well did it perform compared to your expectations? - Were there any parts of the prototype that were confusing or unclear? - Is there anything about the solution that could be problematic or risky? - If you could change one thing about the solution, what would it be? - Any other comments or suggestions? Your feedback will help us refine the design and guide the next steps of development. If you’re a Wikidata editor who uses mobile devices, you can also sign up to participate in future user testing for the editing of statements on mobile devices. Sign up here <https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply> to participate in prototype testing and interviews with our UX team. Cheers and thank you! -- Mohammed S. Abdulai *Community Communications Manager, Wikidata* Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0) 30 577 116 2466 https://wikimedia.de Grab a spot in my calendar for a chat: cal.com/masssly. A lot is happening around Wikidata - Keep up to date! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates> 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 Vorstände: Franziska Heine

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Re: Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Enforcement of the Wikimedia User-Agent policy (Out of Office)
by Adrian Pohl 31 Jul '25

31 Jul '25

Vielen Dank für Ihre Nachricht. Ich bin am 2025-08-04 wieder für Sie erreichbar. Kontaktieren Sie in dringenden Fällen bitte meine Kolleg*innen via oi(a)hbz-nrw.de. Thanks for your message. I am currently out of office and will be back on 2025-08-04. In urgent matters, please contact my colleagues via oi(a)hbz-nrw.de.

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Enforcement of the Wikimedia User-Agent policy
by Lydia Pintscher 31 Jul '25

31 Jul '25

Hi everyone, If you are using Wikidata's APIs please see the information below. The WMF will start enforcing the user agent policy more strictly going forward. So if you have a tool or application that doesn't set a proper user agent please take a minute to fix that. Cheers Lydia ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Giuseppe Lavagetto <glavagetto(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Enforcement of the Wikimedia User-Agent policy To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, As part of our work to ensure a fair use of our infrastructure[1], we are going to progressively enforce our long-standing user-agent policy[2] more systematically than we used to. This will mean that, unless you set a user-agent that complies with the policy, your requests will be rate-limited and eventually blocked over the coming month. As usual, this excludes requests coming directly from toolforge/wikimedia cloud services. For details on the schedule and further discussion please refer to the phabricator task[3] Cheers, Giuseppe [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2025-2026/… [2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agen… [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400119 -- Giuseppe Lavagetto Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ -- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 Portfolio Lead for Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 5771162-0 https://wikimedia.de 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 #690
by josef anthony 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-07-28. Missed the previous one? See issue #689 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Pr…>.* *Discussions* - Open request for adminship: Aqurs1 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrat…> (RfP scheduled to end after 31 July 2025 16:35 UTC) - New requests for permissions/Bot: THEbotIT 3 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/THEbotI…> - New functional aspect to automatic creation of items describing the articles of Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/de:Paulys_Realencyclop%C3%A4die_der_classisch…> (RE). We want to model now the articles, which amends the main articles, as those information where suppressed so far. *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Wikidata's 13th birthday decentralized events will take place in October and November 2025. Feel free to browse the documentation pages <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday> to learn how to organize an event in your area, get funding, and get in touch with other organizers. Help translate the documentation pages into your language. - COSCUP 2025 (Q134950534) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134950534> OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Track <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2025> will be held at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Q699543) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q699543> on August 9-10. - Wikimania <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025> starts next week August 6 through August 9. Check out the Wikidata related session in the program <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Wikimania/Program> and start marking your preferred Wikimania sessions (⭐/like) on your mobile apps or calendars. If you are joining online to watch live stream and use the interactive features, please register on eventyay through wikimania.org. Note also the Wikidata meetups organised outside the official conference hours. - Past: WikiCon Brasil 2025 happened in person in Salvador (Q36947) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36947> including a technical session with two Wikidata-focused presentations <https://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCon_Brasil_2025/Programa/Tecnologia> (in Portuguese) *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - Making Question-Answering Systems Smarter with Knowledge Graphs Using FrOG: A Wikidata Research Fund 2024 Highlight <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/07/23/making-question-answering-systems-sma…> - How can large language models become more accurate using structured knowledge? A research team from Universitas Indonesia and WU Vienna explored this through FrOG, a framework that integrates Wikidata into question-answering language model. This research is supported by Wikimedia Indonesia through the Wikidata Research Fund 2024 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia/Hibah_Riset_Wikidata_20…> program. - Wikidata’s next leap: the open database powering tomorrow’s AI and Wikipedia <https://www.techradar.com/pro/wikidatas-next-leap-the-open-database-powerin…> By Lydia Pintscher - Presentations: O herbário da Universidade de Coimbra na Wikidata <https://zenodo.org/records/15609570> (Using Wikidata in Natural History Collection Management, in Portuguese) - Papers: Wiki-Quantities and Wiki-Measurements: Datasets of quantities and their measurement context from Wikipedia <https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40695850/> - Researchers developed two large, validated datasets; Wiki-Quantities and Wiki-Measurements, from Wikipedia and Wikidata to improve automated extraction of quantitative data and its context using natural language processing techniques. By Göpfert et al., (2025) - Videos: Wikidata:The shadow power behind Wikipedia and AI <https://m.youtube.com/shorts/MXQBNG4Wjgk> *Tool of the week* - Flashback Fiesta <https://flashbackfiesta.app/> - is a trivia game that challenges players to guess the year of historical events using data from Wikidata. *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - The Wikidata:WikiProject Personal Pronouns <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Personal_Pronouns> drafted a new Wikidata Personal Pronouns Policy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Personal_pronouns>, using this recent RFC <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Pronouns_P6553> as a basis. It's the first time a policy on this topic has been proposed, and the Wikidata Living People Policy <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Living_people> served as a reference. Feedback is encouraged and appreciated. - The modeling of agrégation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q397610> ("the most competitive and prestigious examination for civil service in the French public education system" according to w:en:Agrégation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Agr%C3%A9gation>) has been reviewed in various aspects: a summary is available in d:Talk:Q397610#Modeling agrégation <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Talk:Q397610#Modeling_agr%C3%A9gation>. Suggestions are welcome. - Wikimedia Deutschland is inviting further feedback on the Mobile Editing Experience prototype <https://www.figma.com/proto/IdZ6rdm8FqDuLYIfQTvEer/ALICE-meets-MEX?page-id=…> (currently just a design file so not everything is clickable). Please follow the instructions below and share your thoughts at Wikidata talk:Usability and usefulness/Item editing experience/Mobile editing of statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_e…> : - Add "business woman" as an occupation - Add a start date to the relationship with A$AP Rocky and provide a reference - Find the place of birth (Saint Michael) and open that page - Add the coordinate location for Saint Michael *Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties> and property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review* - New General datatypes: ‎operating cost <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13668> (estimated or average ongoing recurring cost for operating or using an object) - New External identifiers: Ukrainian Memorial person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13651>, Portal of united hromadas of Ukraine ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13652>, Portal Decentralization hromada ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13653>, Facebook image ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13654>, archieven.nl creator ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13655>, ‎Elonet company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13656>, Embryo Project Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13657>, ‎Film Atlas ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13658>, Klimadashboard.de region ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13659>, ‎Knowledge Graph for Irish History person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13660>, myCast person or character ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13661>, ‎nasljerseys.com player ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13662>, ‎speedrun.com level ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13663>, ‎FBref competition ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13664>, ‎FBref match ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13665>, ‎parlament.fyi person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13666>, Swimcloud swimmer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13667> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - organizational chart <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/organizational_cha…> (image that displays the structure of this organization or government agency and the relationships and relative ranks of it's parts and positions/jobs) - Source Shrine <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Source_Shrine> (The shrine that the gods of this shinto shrine came from through Bunrei and Kanjo) - botanical photographs <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/botanical_photogra…> (a distinctive image of a flower, inflorescence, or a similar reproductive structure for this taxon) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Deaf Movie Database language ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deaf_Movie_Databas…> , Deaf Movie Database genre ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deaf_Movie_Databas…> , Deaf Movie Database country ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deaf_Movie_Databas…> , Swiss Films person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Films_person…> , My Abandonware company <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/My_Abandonware_com…> , Encyclopedia of Indianapolis ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopedia_of_In…> , Database dei fondi musicali toscani ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Database_dei_fondi…> , NeoDB Movie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NeoDB_Movie_ID> , Serbian settlement ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Serbian_settlement…> , c64.cz game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/c64.cz_game_ID> , NuGet package <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NuGet_package> , Swiss Films company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swiss_Films_compan…> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Church buildings in Sweden on OpenStreetMap with links to Wikidata, but without the inverse link <https://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/wikidata/Bc3bpD?exec=true>. - Tennis tournament titles won by specific player <https://w.wiki/EsMN> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Tennis_tournament_ti…> ) - BarChart of chemical compound identifiers in Wikidata <https://w.wiki/EsMS> (source <https://wikis.world/@egonw@social.edu.nl/114918734141640378>) - WikiProject Highlights: WikiProject Sweden <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Sweden> - A project to centralize, expand, and translate Sweden-related data on Wikidata while supporting the Swedish contributor community. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Q43361) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43361> - 1997 novel by J. K. Rowling - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>:ножницы (L9436) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L9436> - Russian noun (nɐˈʐnʲitsɨ) meaning "cutting tool", "window hardware mechanism", or "ski position with split tips" *Development* - Mobile statement editing: - We finished a first version of formatting references (phab:T396098 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396098>); qualifiers (phab:T396099 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396099>); various data types ( phab:T394888 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394888>, phab:T394890 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394890>, phab:T394904 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394904>, phab:T394907 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394907>); and multiple statements for one property (phab:T396637 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396637>) - We enabled the new mobile editing experience on beta Wikidata <https://www.wikidata.beta.wmcloud.org/> so you can now try the very rough version there and follow along with development - Wikibase REST API: We finished the simple Property prefix search endpoint and it will go live in the next days (phab:T397838 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397838>) - Additional APIs: We are working on a prototype for GraphQL to see if that is a going to be helpful for accessing Wikidata's data (phab:T399452 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T399452>) 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: Kenya <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Kenya> - 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> -- Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony) Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate Contributor, Wikidata Weekly Summary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Weekly_Summary/Team https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/JosefAnthony <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/JosefAnthony> https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-anthony-b17792225/

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Re: MediaWiki Users & Developers Conference CfP (Out of Office)
by Adrian Pohl 24 Jul '25

24 Jul '25

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MediaWiki Users & Developers Conference CfP
by Rossenova, Lozana 24 Jul '25

24 Jul '25

[Apologies for cross-posting] Hello everyone, The Fall 2025 MediaWiki Users & Developers Conference will be held on October 28–30th, and hosted by the TIB Leibniz Centre in Hanover, Germany. The conference location will be the Leibnizhaus Guest house<https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/universitaet/organisation/dezernate/technik/…>. https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conf… Everyone is encouraged to attend, to meet and discuss MediaWiki-related topics relating to both the Wikimedia world and uses within companies, organizations, etc. As the Program Chair, I would like to specifically encourage you all to consider giving a talk, on any topic related to MediaWiki usage, deployment or development, including the MediaWiki extension ecosystem (Wikibase, Semantic MediaWiki, etc). Talks can be given remotely, although priority will be given to in-person attendees if there's an overflow. To propose a talk for this conference, just fill out this form<https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:FormEdit/Talk?Talk%5BConfer…>. Please submit your contributions until September 5, so we can start to announce an interesting program early! Thank you, and I hope to see many of you in Hanover! Lozana Rossenova, on behalf of the whole conference organization team -- Dr. Lozana Rossenova Postdoc Researcher Open Science Lab TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library Welfengarten 1 B // 30167 Hannover lozana.rossenova(a)tib.eu<mailto:xxx.xxx@tib.eu> www.tib.eu<http://www.tib.eu/> ORCID: 0000-0002-5190-1867 TIB is a public-law foundation of the Federal State of Lower Saxony. In accordance with Section 1(1) of the “Gesetz über die Stiftung Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)” (TIBstiftG ND), its name is “Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)”. TIB uses the terms “Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology” and “University Library” as additional designations.

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Re: Weekly Summary #689 (Out of Office)
by Adrian Pohl 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

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Weekly Summary #689
by josef anthony 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-07-21. Missed the previous one? See issue #688.* *Events* - Upcoming <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Wikimedia and Open Knowledge Conference (survey) <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSyLv6rBOgxzPR8DmZ0QZNPr-wQJLs0uI…> is being planned for 2026 in Poland. This event is to focus on research carried out on or with Wikidata and Wikipedia. Your opinion is wanted! Please fill out the Google Forms survey to help the organisation committee plan. Also available in Polish <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc83qVh7W5QWzNUW8Cg9fL549RNS-s7Qut…> and Ukrainian <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMdwZ-aPhckKBoT6LNlS5ukVUCqdq8pI0…> . - Wikimania 2025 Program <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program> is Live! This is also the time to add your Wikidata meetups. Please start marking your preferred Wikimania sessions (⭐/like) and mark to your mobile apps or calendars. If you are joining online to watch live stream and use the interactive features, please register on eventyay through wikimania.org (source <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org…> ) - Past: Missed the Q3 Wikidata+Wikibase office hour? You can catch up by reading the session log here: 2025-07-15 (Q3 2025) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_o…> *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Papers: An educator framework for organizing Wikipedia editathons for computational biology <https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/41/Supplement_1/i12/8199389> (uses Wikidata to power the compbio-on-wiki.toolforge.org/ tool) *Tool of the week* - Wikinity <https://wikinity.toolforge.org/> A tool allowing you to find (un)photographed objects, so you can take a picture of them and send it to Wikidata. The tool was created By Martin Urbanec *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - The Call for Papers is now open for the Journal of Open Humanities Data special collection: "Wikidata across the Humanities: datasets, methodologies, reuse." This editorial will explore how Wikidata is transforming research and collaboration in the humanities. If you're working on a relevant project, submit your proposal here <https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/wikidata_across_the_huma…> - What belongs where in the Wikibase Ecosystem? There is ongoing research to better understand what people are currently thinking about this and you can take part by sorting some scenarios <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/th…> . - Wikimedia Deutschland is inviting further feedback on the Mobile Editing Experience prototype <https://www.figma.com/proto/IdZ6rdm8FqDuLYIfQTvEer/ALICE-meets-MEX?page-id=…> (currently just a design file so not everything is clickable). Please follow the instructions below and share your thoughts at Wikidata talk:Usability and usefulness/Item editing experience/Mobile editing of statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_e…> : - Add "business woman" as an occupation - Add a start date to the relationship with A$AP Rocky and provide a reference - Find the place of birth (Saint Michael) and open that page - Add the coordinate location for Saint Michael *Newest properties <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties> and property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal> to review* - New General datatypes: - ‎matricule number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13637> (identifier for a football club affiliated with the Royal Belgian Football Association) - ‎settlement classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13638> (type of settlement according to a topographical classification) - Polyhedron net <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13642> (a net of attached 2D polygon created for each polyhedron) - New External identifiers: National Library of Uruguay book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13639>, The Jerusalem Post topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13640>, Physicians of Georgia Biographical Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13641>, eFloraMEX ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13643>, Theatre museums of Russia person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13644>, Georgian Athletes Biographical Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13645>, Georgian Winemakers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13646>, Ukrainian Book of Remembrance person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13647>, BORIS Portal Unibe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13648>, Society for the Promotion of Literacy among Georgians Members ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13649>, Deaf Movie Database title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13650> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - identifiant Generation MSX d'un matériel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Genera…> (hardware identifier in the Generation MSX database of MSX videogames) - Polish Taxpayer Identification Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polish_Taxpayer_Id…> (an identifier for an entity paying taxes in Poland) - official roster page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_roster_pa…> (URL of a team's official page about this player) - transistor density <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transistor_density> (density of transistors for classifying the complexity of discrete circuits) - Historische Bildpostkarten Universität Osnabrück - Entities <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historische_Bildpo…> (Identificator for persons and publishers of historical picture postcards) - grave <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grave> (grave of a person) - New External identifier property proposals to review: fanlore article id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fanlore_article_id> , Afrikaregisteret ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Afrikaregisteret_ID> , Hong Kong company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hong_Kong_company_…> , California Entity Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/California_Entity_…> , Macanese company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macanese_company_ID> , Corporation Number in Canada <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corporation_Number…> , QCC Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QCC_Code>, Cyprus company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyprus_company_ID> , Malta company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malta_company_ID> , GEMI Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GEMI_Number>, CUIT <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CUIT>, Jamaica company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jamaica_company_ID> , SEC Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SEC_Number>, Mã số doanh nghiệp <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%A3_s%E1%BB%91…> , movieID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/movieID>, Thailand company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thailand_company_ID> , PCPartPicker chipset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCPartPicker_chips…> , gosfilmofond.ru ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/gosfilmofond.ru_ID> , Directorio de museos del Sistema de Información Cultural <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Directorio_de_muse…> , Burmese company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Burmese_company_ID> , Cambodian company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cambodian_company_…> , Georgian Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Encyclope…> , Vintagepostcards-Archive-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vintagepostcards-A…> , MacPorts port <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MacPorts_port> , Berardi Arte artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berardi_Arte_artis…> , Adult Film Database director ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adult_Film_Databas…> , Elonet company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elonet_company_ID> , dvdcompare.net film id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dvdcompare.net_fil…> , SpaceReference.org celestial object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SpaceReference.org…> , English solicitors ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/English_solicitors…> , Deaf Movie Database person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deaf_Movie_Databas…> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Mathematical formulae containing HTML escapes https://w.wiki/EoeL] - Most frequent objects depicted on coats of arms <https://w.wiki/9Ygr> (source <https://wikis.world/@kvistgaard@vivaldi.net/112162949851779659>) - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Finding Forrester (Q1140439) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140439> - 2000 film directed by Gus Van Sant - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Września (L1372236) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1372236> - Polish proper noun (ˈvʐɛɕ.ɲa) meaning "September (month)", "town in Greater Poland", or "village in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship" *Development* - Wikibase REST API: We have enabled the new Item Prefix Search endpoint on wikidata. You can try it out now with a call like this: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0/suggest/items?language=en&q… If you have feedback please leave it at Wikidata talk:REST API feedback round <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round> - Additional APIs: We are looking a bit more into GraphQL and what it could offer to make programmatic access to Wikidata's data better. - Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We enabled showing the labels of entities in edit summaries in recent changes and watchlist. Now you no longer have to click to get to Wikidata and check what is behind a mystery ID in an edit summary coming from Wikidata. - Mobile statement editing: We are working on formatting references, qualifiers, various data types and multiple statements for one property. We are planning to enable the new mobile UI on Beta Wikidata soon. Important: For now it is a read-only UI, as we have not started to implement editing yet, and some data types won’t have the correct appearance yet. 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: Vietnam <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Vietnam> - 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> -- Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony) Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate Contributor, Wikidata Weekly Summary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Weekly_Summary/Team https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/JosefAnthony <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/JosefAnthony> https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-anthony-b17792225/

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Reminder: Newcomer Orientation Today at 16:00 UTC!
by Joris Quarshie 19 Jul '25

19 Jul '25

Hello everyone! A quick reminder that our *Wikimania Hackathon 2025 Newcomer Orientation Session* is happening *today, July 19th, at 16:00 UTC*! Which starts in 6 hours and 30 minutes. Whether you're new to Wikimedia tech spaces or just want to learn how to get involved in this year’s Hackathon, this session is for you. We’ll walk through what to expect, how to find and join projects, and the support available for first-time participants. 🔗 *Join us here:*https://meet.google.com/rut-hhff-sug (Check your timezone <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1752940800>) We look forward to seeing you there and helping you get ready for a great Hackathon experience in Nairobi! – *The Wikimania 2025 Hackathon Working Group*

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