* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
the week leading up to 2025-03-24. Missed the previous one? See issue #671 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_03_17 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_03_10 *
*Discussions*
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New requests for permissions/Bot:Request for admin flag for MsynBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/MsynABot_(2025) - From 2021 through 2024, this bot has implemented the 2019 RfC “semi-protection to prevent vandalism on most used Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/semi-protection_to_prevent_vandalism_on_most_used_Items” by maintaining page protections based on the outcome, Wikidata:Protection policy#Highly used items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Protection_policy#Highly_used_items.the admin flag got lost due to bot inactivity. But bot operation could be resumed immediately if the admin flag is given back.
*Events*
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Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: -
AAFRennes2025, 26-28 Mars 2025 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:AAFRennes2025 -
5-6 April & 12 April: Scholia Hackathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Scholia/Events/Hackathon_April_2025 -
Wikidata and Sister Projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects to take place May 29 - June 1. Currently welcoming session ideas and proposals on the event Talk page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects until March 31.The event will focus on the ways Wikidata is integrated and supports the other Wikimedia (sister) Projects.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
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Blogs -
Enhance Your Wikibase With Extensions https://professional.wiki/en/articles/wikibase-extensions -
Editing Lexemes with your little finger https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2025/03/21/editing-lexemes-with-your-little-finger/ -
Wikidata and the sum of all video games − 2024 edition https://commonists.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/wikidata-and-the-sum-of-all-video-games-2024-edition/ by Jean-Fred https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric -
Thread: Who wins in a Wikipedia race between GPT-4.5, o1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and @OpenAI's new Computer-Using Agent? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1902026975210025181.html
*Tool of the week*
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Lexica https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexica - a mobile-friendly tool that simplifies micro contributions to lexicographical data on Wikidata, making various editing tasks accessible and intuitive for contributors of all experience levels.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
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Mobile Editing of Statements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements - You have been asking for the ability to edit statements from mobile devices for years, this project will make editing statements on Wikidata Items more accessible and user-friendly for mobile users. Sign up to participate in prototype testing and interviews with our UX team https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply -
Join the Wikimedia Deutschland software development team: Product Manager Wikibase Suite https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/53665453/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-all-genders-/ (all genders)
*Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties and property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review*
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Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: -
General datatypes: -
data analysis method https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13391 (methods used in the main item for inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information) -
External identifiers: booru tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13390, Steam Group numeric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13392, Kompass company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13393, Macrotransactions game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13394, Thunderstore game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13395, JSR package ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13396, GitLab topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13397, Amazon Music track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13398, Crunchyroll artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13399, SideQuest app ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13400 -
New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: -
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levels https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/levels (levels, maps, episodes, chapters or stages of this video game) -
Scilit scholar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scilit_scholar_ID (author identifier on {{Q|77125337}}) -
وزن صرفي عربي https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86_%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A (A feature to adjust the pattern of Arabic words in lexemes) -
باب صرفي للأفعال العربية الثلاثية المجردة https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A9 (Morphology of the Arabic triliteral verbs) -
land degradation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/land_degradation (The amount of land that is degraded by an object. Mainly for infrastructure projects) -
Research projects that contributed to this data set https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Research_projects_that_contributed_to_this_data_set (This property allows to identify research projects that they have contributed to or created an item) -
Platform height https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Platform_height (platform height above the top of the rail (or above the road for buses)) -
extended by (addons for this item) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/extended_by_(addons_for_this_item) (Class of software this software is extended by) -
External identifiers: Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Congressional_Medal_of_Honor_Society_recipient_ID, Delfi.ee theme ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Delfi.ee_theme_ID, identifiant Dezède d'un individu https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Dez%C3%A8de_d%27un_individu, SeqCode Registry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SeqCode_Registry_ID, Openalfa street ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Openalfa_street_ID, The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Music_entry_ID, A Dictionary of Education entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Dictionary_of_Education_entry_ID, TDKIV wikibase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TDKIV_wikibase_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
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Query examples: -
2024 Population Census in Uganda https://w.wiki/DZF7 (source https://x.com/kateregga1/status/1900953102976512383) -
WikiProject Highlights: -
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal/Liste des artistes de la collection https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Mus%C3%A9e_d%27art_contemporain_de_Montr%C3%A9al/Liste_des_artistes_de_la_collection -
Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items:Cinderella (Q15046091) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15046091 - 2015 film directed by Kenneth Branagh -
Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes:страсть (L166968) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L166968 - Russian noun that can mean "love", "passion", "desire", or "suffering."
*Weekly Tasks*
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Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . -
Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . -
Govdirectory weekly focus country: -
Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? in one or two sentences. -
Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! -
Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. -
Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next