*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-09-22. Missed the previous one? See issue #697 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*

*Events*

- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - Exploring Seediq: A Journey through Translation and Linked Data Documentation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Exploring_Seediq:_A_Journey_through_Translation_and_Linked_Data_Documentation 25 October .This event will showcase the Seediq communities’ translation of the OCLC white paper on Wikibase, followed by an overview of the full paper. It will conclude with an open discussion on the lessons learned during the translation project and broader reflections on linked data. - Govdirectory US office hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Govdirectory_US_office_hour_September_2025, 25 September - FREE virtual 1hr Wiki webinar focusing on plant biodiversity. Open to anyone wanting to improve their digital outreach skills by enriching Wikidata. Tuesday 14th of October at 3pm NZST. Register to get link https://tepapa.zoom.us/meeting/register/_g4sKy2KTYGMIhtNIAxGeA#/registration . - Wikidata’s 13th Birthday https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday is just around the corner! Are you planning to host a celebration but haven’t added it to the calendar yet? Join the party! Thirty-nine (39) events are already scheduled, and yours can be too: Birthday Calendar https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Calendar. It’s also the perfect time to contribute a birthday present or message to this list https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Presents_%26_messages. Gifts can be anything that celebrates Wikidata and its amazing community like a script you’ve written, a tool improvement, a visual, a poem... 🎉

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

- Videos: (French) Formation Wikidata 2 de WikiSkills https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RbxuPd7eprk By Africa Wiki Women

*Tool of the week*

- Duplicity https://wikidata-todo.toolforge.org/duplicity/#/ This tool can pick a random article on a wiki without associated Wikidata item, and offer some possible matches on Wikidata, so you can add it to an existing item, or create a new one.

*Other Noteworthy Stuff*

- Call for Projects and Mentors for Outreachy Round 31 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403210! If you have some ideas for coding or non-coding (design, documentation, translation, outreach, research) projects, share them by Sept. 26, 2025, at 4 pm UTC

*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: - number of ray tracing cores https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13787 (number of ray tracing cores in a graphics processing unit) - VRAM capacity https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13788 (amount of dual-ported video RAM (VRAM) modules used by this device) - ‎has wireless capabilities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13789 (type of wireless connectivity this device has/supports) - date filed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13794 (filing date for a document, e.g. a patent or court case) - New External identifiers: Gamepadla ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13785, OpenStreetMap key https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13786, EU-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13790, Roma road ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13791, ‎LTT Labs product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13792, Swiss Performing Arts Vocabularies ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13793, wikiHow article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13795, ‎GamesIndustry.biz tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13796, ‎Dimensions.com element ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13797 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - image+display resolution https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image%2Bdisplay_resolution (pixel resolution of images generated or captured by this item (camera, software, etc)) - firmware https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/firmware (firmware installed on this hardware) - excluding work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/excluding_work (work or narration for or in which this statement is <em>false</em>) - has grammatical number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_grammatical_number (grammatical number used in this language) - Day of Reisai https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Day_of_Reisai (Annual Festival done by a Shinto Shrine) - New External identifier property proposals to review: https://football.aek.com/ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/https://football.aek.com/ , Météo-France place ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o-France_place_ID , Hex package https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hex_package, Maptons ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Maptons_ID , BVPB catalog ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BVPB_catalog_ID , dati.lnb.lv ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dati.lnb.lv_ID , The Needle Drop tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Needle_Drop_tag_ID , AfterEllen tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AfterEllen_tag_ID , OpenStreetMap relation type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OpenStreetMap_relation_type , Them.us tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Them.us_tag_ID , DOAB book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DOAB_book_ID, identifiant Liste unique des décorés https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Liste_unique_des_d%C3%A9cor%C3%A9s , Deník tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Den%C3%ADk_tag_ID , The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Architecture_entry_ID , qamus.inoor.ir root ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/qamus.inoor.ir_root_ID , Filmarks ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmarks_ID

You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!

*Did you know?*

- Query examples: - A map of IEC 60320 power connectors https://w.wiki/FLJ7 - a cool SPARQL visualisation, by User:IagoQnsi https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:IagoQnsi - 350 people who were married, then married the sibling of their previous spouse https://w.wiki/FN5J (source https://bsky.app/profile/magnusmanske.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy/post/3lz4kuxvpcn62 ) - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : Northern Sami (Q33947) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33947 - famoumost widely spoken of all Sámi languages - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: Waage (L37547) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L37547 – German noun (‘ˈvaːɡə’) meaning "scale (device for measuring mass)", "Libra constellation", or "equilibrium"

*Development*

- Mobile statement editing: We are working more on the editing state of statements, especially qualifiers and progress indicators during saving ( phab:T402620 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402620) - Dumps: We fixed an issue with some of the dumps (phab:T403882 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403882) and are improving the monitoring - GraphQL: We are working on making it easier to get labels of linked entities in an API response, starting with Items (phab:T404692 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404692) - Sustainability: We have now rolled out improvements to the tracking of Wikidata changes on the other Wikimedia projects on all projects in order to decrease the size of the database table that tracks these changes ( phab:T401288 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T401288) - Bug fixes: Tacsipacsi submitted fixes for two issues in error messages on Special:SetSiteLink. Thank you! (phab:T404499 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404499, phab:T404500 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404500)

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: United States of America https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/United_States_of_America - 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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