*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-05-04. Missed the previous one? See issue #729 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- New requests for permissions/Bot: Chamiln17@FineWiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Chamiln17@FineWiki - Task: This bot performs a read-only cache build for an academic temporal language model dataset. - Other: better tools to support constraints implied by properties like disjoint union of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Status_of_Ontology_Classes_and_Properties
*Events*
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - WikiProjects Days 2026 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026 (online, June 19 to 21). A community gathering focused on making WikiProjects more useful, visible, and alive. Propose a session https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:WikiProjects_Days_2026 (deadline for proposals: May 26, 2026) or register now. - Language Diversity Conference https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_Diversity_Conference/Submissions - Call for Submissions ends 15 May 2026. - Wikidata Community Summit 2026 @ COSCUP https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/29/wikidata-community-summit-2026-coscup-call-for-proposals/ - Call for Proposals ends May 9, 2026. - LIC Photo Walking Tour + Wikipedia & Wikidata Workshop https://www.laguardia.edu/event/lic-photo-walking-tourwikipedia-workshop/ - May 16, 12:30 - 16:00 EDT (UTC-4). A historical walking tour of Long Island City, New York, concluding with a Wiki-skills workshop at LaGuardia. Registration on the event link. - Ongoing: COORDINATE ME 2026 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events/Coordinate_Me_2026 - a Wikidata competition for geolocatable content has just started and ends 31 May 2026. Visit the link for details on how to participate.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs: - Visualised Blog metadata through SPARQL queries https://christianmahnke.de/en/post/blog-visualisation/ - ChristianMahnke blog. - Mozilla Common Voice Meets Wikidata (How the Dagbanli Dictionary Got Audio Usage Examples) https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/22/mozilla-common-voice-meets-wikidata-how-the-dagbanli-dictionary-got-audio-usage-examples/ - Wiki Loves Mother Tongue 2026 in the Igbo Community https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/03/wiki-loves-mother-tongue-2026-in-the-igbo-community/ - EduWiki Workshop Highlights Practical Uses of Wikimedia Commons in Education https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/04/eduwiki-workshop-highlights-practical-uses-of-wikimedia-commons-in-education/ - Recap: Wiki for Human Rights, LGBTIQ+ Nigeria, February and March Training https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/02/recap-wiki-for-human-rights-lgbtiq-nigeria-february-and-march-training/ - The new Art+Feminism’s Wikidata Modules are here! https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/05/01/the-new-artfeminisms-wikidata-modules-are-here/ - Videos: - Panel on Wikidata and public domain in Colombia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lEyzX98BFE (Spanish): on April 24th, the National Library of Colombia, The Cultural Network of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, Wikimedia Colombia and Fundación Conector discussed about digital heritage and Wikidata, its challenges and opportunities for collaboration. - Wikibase - an introduction by Jason Evans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAnnn-Bk7Tk (Open Data Manager, National Library of Wales). Produced by the Wikimedian in Residence channel, University of Edinburgh. - A uMap based on Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4aL2PdjIc - a use-case of Holy Wells located in Ireland, associated with female Saints, powered by Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. - Wikifunctions in practice: Reusable Logic for Wikimedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViOkEYQLggM - Presentation given by Toby Hudson (User:99of9 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:99of9) at the Wikiconference Australia 2026. - Mentor Me! Session 3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qYi3xPtB8I - This in-person and hands-on session is provided by the Wikimedia Tyap User Group, and continues in the following sessions: Mentor Me! Session 3B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4b6Y3w4_ME and Mentor Me! Session 3C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2QM5RdJhl0. Led by Gwakhap D. Anthony, it will cover how to document languages with Wikidata lexemes. - Africa Wiki Women: - Linking images from Commons to Wikidata and Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrF98BA1SM - how images are used across the Projects with examples documenting African Women. - Newbies Monthly Meetup for Africa Wiki Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fANX6mDde5A - further training and introductory skills for Wikidata and how it interacts with the other Wikimedia Projects. - EditHer Africa Contest (April) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvatmrH1uhQ - a beginner-friendly hands-on Wikidata item creation guide and launch of the monthly contest, with a focus on African Women in Works and Leadership.
*Tool of the week*
- OpenHistory https://openhistory.app/ – interactive historical atlas of 21k+ Wikidata-sourced historical events, polities, and territories on a timeline+map. SPARQL-driven pipeline, MIT/CC BY-SA. (GitHub https://github.com/kdhillon/openhistory)
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- WikiTrivia https://wikitrivia.tomjwatson.com/ - the webgame about putting historical events in the correct order recently got a huge update, thanks to creator Tom Watson. - Wikimedia API's / Rate limits https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits - new rate limits are being added for all Wikimedia projects, to ensure sustainable use to the REST an ACTION API's. If you operate a bot and it has recently started producing an error message for producing too many API requests, please consult the linked MediaWiki page and amend your bot as needed.
*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: meta-category for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14387 (topic or class of items covered by the lowest categories in this meta-category's hierarchy) - Newest External identifiers: KISTI article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14368, FISH Monument Types Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14369, FISH Evidence Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14370, Organization in cooperation with ISO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14371, ScriptSource script code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14372, ScriptSource language code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14373, Tube8 performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14374, Bundestag Group Minutes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14375, Westra code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14376, Myrotvorets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14377, Irish State Administration Database Unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14378, Hessische Parlamentarismusgeschichte Abgeordneten-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14379, YouPorn performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14380, GFMIS Agency Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14381, Royal Australian Air Force service number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14382, Plataforma Acácia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14383, Observatório Terras Quilombolas ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14384, BIOSOP ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14385, BIOKAND ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14386 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - (found) liable of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/(found)_liable_of (tort or civil wrong a person or organization was found liable of) - DMCA takedown policy URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DMCA_takedown_policy_URL (DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown policy or submitting page of this hosting site or UGC (User Generated Content) distributor) - 18 U.S.C. § 2257 policy URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/18_U.S.C._%C2%A7_2257_policy_URL (age requirement documentation URL statement of this website or company) - monolingual text name properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/monolingual_text_name_properties ((with an associated language code) name by which a subject is recorded in a database, mentioned as a contributor of a work, or is referred to in a particular context) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Gidrologicheskaya Izuchennost Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Gidrologicheskaya_Izuchennost_Code , QBWiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QBWiki_article_ID , Dijital İstanbul ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dijital_%C4%B0stanbul_ID , NaPTAN stop area code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NaPTAN_stop_area_code , Identifiant Cairn d'un éditeur https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_Cairn_d%27un_%C3%A9diteur , Darwin Correspondence person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Darwin_Correspondence_person_ID , ACM Digital Library institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ACM_Digital_Library_institution_ID , SensCritique person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SensCritique_person_ID , National Archives of Japan Digital Archive ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_National_Archives_of_Japan_Digital_Archive_ID , VGs drapsoversikt ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VGs_drapsoversikt_ID , Semanticscience Integrated Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Semanticscience_Integrated_Ontology_ID , Senkyo.com https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Senkyo.com, Objectif plumes author pages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Objectif_plumes_author_pages , Maoyan personage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maoyan_personage_ID , critify.de publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/critify.de_publication_ID , BookNotification author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BookNotification_author_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: Script style of manuscript Qur'ans https://w.wiki/MR9w - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: - Early Modern Silesia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Early_Modern_Silesia - Tango https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Tango - WikiProject Highlights: WikiProject Ontology has gathered a list of potential projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Ontology_Course/Projects_Offering_2 for the second offering of the Wikidata Ontology course, and has published a subpage to discuss the future of Ontology Classes and Properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Status_of_Ontology_Classes_and_Properties . - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Unmarked Supercentenarians https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/unmarked_supercentenarians - this list displays humans who do not have a claim *supercentenarian (Q1200828)* (or *alleged supercentenarian (Q106991708)*), but the difference between their Date of Birth and Date of Death is greater than 110 years. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : Raiders of the Lost Ark https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174284 - a 1981 film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, and John Rhys-Davies. - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: gje (L2205) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L2205 - Norwegian verb (jeː) meaning "to give", "to perform/hold", or "to diminish in strength"
*Development*
- Mobile statement editing: We continued fixing issues uncovered in testing - WikiProjects: We are working on adding links to the sidebar of Items to lead people to the respective WikiProjects for that Item. This way we hope to help people more easily find data modelling documentation as well as other editors interested in the same topic.
You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/query/4RotIcw5oINo/#R. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/71/query/zfiRgTnZF7zu/?filter=zfiRgTnZF7zu&order=priority .
*Weekly Tasks*
- Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know? in one or two sentences. - Help translate https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:LanguageStats or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language! - Help merge identical items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/projectmerge across Wikimedia projects. - Help write the next summary! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next
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Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony)
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