*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-06-29. Missed the previous one? See issue #737 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - TopDevsBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TopDevsBot - Task/s: Create new items for software-development, design, and consulting companies from source data: topdevs.ai - SonalBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/SonalBot - Task/s: Reference Gardener (archive dead reference links) + Welcome Bot (welcome new users) - New request for comments: WM Commons: Policy update for AI content https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/Policy_update_for_AI_content - this RfC will seek opinions on the use and allowance of AI-generated and modified content. This can have downstream impacts on Wikidata.
*Events*
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - 2026 Chiayi Streetview Workshop https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/2026%E5%B9%B47%E6%9C%88%E5%98%89%E7%BE%A9%E7%B6%AD%E5%9F%BA%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94%E8%A1%97%E6%99%AF%E8%B8%8F%E6%9F%A5%E5%9C%98%E6%9A%A8%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E5%9D%8A July 13 Time: 19:30-21:00 UTC+8 at Tâi-uân tôo-su-sik, Chiayi, Taiwan. - OpenStreetMap X Wikidata Meetup #90 July 13 Time: 19:30-21:00 UTC+8 at Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61752245.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs: - Lobid Blog: NWBibBot – Making a regional bibliography visible in Wikipedia with help from Wikidata https://blog.lobid.org/2026/06/23/nwbib-wikipedia-bot.html - Tech News (WMDE) Knowledge wants to be found https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2026/06/24/knowledge-wants-to-be-found/ - We interview Tim Wittenborg about the WissKomm Wiki https://en.borgnetzwerk.org/, from the Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology in TIB Hannover. - Bridging Open Knowledge And Digital Rights: Reflections From DRIF 2026 And The Wikimedia Community https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/06/29/bridging-open-knowledge-and-digital-rights-reflections-from-drif-2026-and-the-wikimedia-community/ - Papers: MathModDB: A Database for Mathematical Models https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.27933v1 - The Mathematical Models Database (MathModDB), deployed on the MaRDI Portal within Germany’s National Research Data Infrastructure, provides researchers with a curated knowledge graph that organizes scattered mathematical models, formulas, and assumptions, connects to related tools like MathAlgoDB and MaRDMO, and demonstrates practical use through cases such as plasma physics modeling. By Fiedler et al., (2026) - Videos: - WikiProjects Days 2026 - recordings now on Commons https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026#Sessions, if you missed the event or want to recap what was discussed, individual session recordings are now available from the Event program. - Jason Evans: Making Wikimedia and Linked Open Data Mainstream in GLAMs – The National Library of Wales Journey https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jason_Evans,_%22Making_Wikimedia_and_Linked_Open_Data_Mainstream_in_GLAMs_%E2%80%93_The_National_Library_of_Wales_Journey%22.webm
*Tool of the week*
- Altilunium Panoply https://cyllchuesnconii.rf.gd/panoply/?id=8 : A lightweight Wikibase alternative for creating collaborative knowledge bases, written as a single PHP file https://github.com/altilunium/panoply with no dependencies.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- Call for local partners: WikidataCon 2027 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2027/Call_for_expressions_of_interest_to_host: Planning is underway for the next hybrid WikidataCon, and Wikimedia Deutschland is seeking a local affiliate to co-organize the on-site event. Expressions of Interest are due by 13 July. A Q&A clinic will be held on 1 July at 15:00 UTC (join here https://bbb.wikipedia.de/rooms/plp-qml-xrj-9ib/). - Growth features https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Feature_summary are now available at Wikidata. This update enables access to Mentorship, Impact module, the Help Panel, and a simplified Newcomer Homepage (without Suggested Edits).
*Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties and property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review*
- Newest External identifiers: Taiwan Central News Agency news topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14544, Stockholm Archipelago Trail ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14545, Sceneweb artwork ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14546, Sceneweb production ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14547, Fantia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14548, Finnish educational institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14549, altinget.se person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14550, Il cinema ritrovato film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14551, TV Guide film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14552, FOD person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14553, LRT topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14554, Jiji Press Member of Parliament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14555, Huellas Digitales de la Memoria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14556, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14557 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - subdiscipline of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/subdiscipline_of (less specific academic discipline) - has garden https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_garden (Object is a {{Q|1107656}} related to this {{Q|16222597}}) - ranking by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ranking_by (issuer of a ranking) - linguistic group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/linguistic_group (group of people who share the same language, regardless of their ancestry or ethnicity) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Pure Adult actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pure_Adult_actress_ID , Taiwan Central News Agency News tag id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Taiwan_Central_News_Agency_News_tag_id , Pure Adult studio ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pure_Adult_studio_ID , Natural science/GBIF taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natural_science/GBIF_taxon_ID , Digitaler Portraitindex person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digitaler_Portraitindex_person_ID , torial ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/torial_ID, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dicion%C3%A1rio_da_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_ID , Pontifical Urbaniana University ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Pontifical_Urbaniana_University_ID , Samtrafiken-vehicle-id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Samtrafiken-vehicle-id , Sundsvall Municipality opendata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sundsvall_Municipality_opendata_ID , Nakamura Kikaku ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nakamura_Kikaku_ID , KBS News topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KBS_News_topic_ID , GIGA actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GIGA_actress_ID , Zen Pictures actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zen_Pictures_actress_ID , Identifiant d'une personne sur Autoroc https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27une_personne_sur_Autoroc , La Grange ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/La_Grange_ID, Rakuten Books author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rakuten_Books_author_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: Roles and contributions of ? in Fictional Universes and Media franchises https://w.wiki/RtYx (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#c-Jheald-20260627104200-Fantastoria-20260627091900 ) - Schema examples: it's World Cup time so here's 2 soccer/football-related EntitySchemas. - E404:Swedish Soccer Player https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E404 and E183:Chilean Women's Football Players https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E183 - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: - WikiProject Logic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Logic - WikiProject Roots and Rhythms https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Roots_and_Rhythms - WikiProject Highlights: GovDirectory has opened a Madagascar https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Madagascar page. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : Lionel Messi https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615 - 6 World Cups, scoring in the last 7 consecutive matches.
*Development*
- Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects: - We are continuing to evaluate the prototype for reducing the number of unnecessary edits from Wikidata that show up in watchlist and recent changes of Wikipedia and co. The approach is to look at the diff of the rendered article before and after the change from Wikidata is made. If there is no difference then the change is probably not relevant for that article. We are collecting a sample to further understand how it performs. - To continue to address Wikidata's scaling issues, we are planning the migration of entity usage tables to the X1 cluster. - Mobile editing of statements: - We implemented more feedback from testing of the new mobile front-end. Specifically we worked on making it clearer when a statements already exist that the editor is trying to add to the Item. - Additionally, we made minor improvements to the look and feel of the mobile front-end. - REST API: - REST search routes now take apihighlimits right into account ( phab:T428032 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428032) - We are starting to work on Lexeme support (phab:T429572 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429572, phab:T429332 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429332) - GraphQL: - We added support for requesting “best statements” for a given Property (phab:T428138 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428138) - We are working on adding support for negation in Property value pair filters (phab:T429580 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429580 )
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority .
*Weekly Tasks*
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Poland https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Poland - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? in one or two sentences. - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next
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Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony)
Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate
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