*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-08-04. Missed the previous one? See issue #742 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- INAPerson 1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/INAPerson_1 - Task/s: Create Wikidata pages entries for mostly French journalists, using INA (French National Audiovisual Institute) catalogue as reference.
*Events*
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - Wikimedia & Research conference in the CEE region: programme coming in August, registration open https://diff.wikimedia.org/wikimedia-research-conference-in-the-cee-region-programme-coming-in-august-registration-open - follow link for registration instructions, (onsite) open until August 26, (online) open until at least October 5. Event takes place Katowice, Poland, October 9-10, 2026. - Workshop: Wikidata for Open Innovation https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2026/sessions/workshop-wikidata-open-innovation/ - DCMI 226. Held on August 3 by Kalliopi Mathios, participants will get hands-on experience of Wikidata for use in Libraries, Industry and Communities.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Papers: - the proceedings https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140818826 of the conference Wikidata and Research https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131418010 (cf. Meta page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_and_research), held in Florence (Italy) on June 5-6, 2025, have been published on July 2026 and are available in CC-BY 4.0 license: *Wikidata e la ricerca. Condividere esperienze / Wikidata and Research. Sharing Experiences https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9791221510102*; 32 papers, 25 in English and 7 in Italian, deal with the usage of Wikidata and other Wikibase instances in different fields of academic research - Detecting Knowledge Inconsistencies Across Text, Tables, and Knowledge Graphs https://arxiv.org/html/2607.25959 by Wei et al., (2026). This paper introduces *Kontrast*: a tool for comparing Wikidata's statements against Wikipedia tables (and text) to find conflicting information or inconsistencies and missing data. - Videos: LIVE Wikidata Editing #123 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA8pp1Qsh4M with hosts User:Ainali https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ainali and User:Abbe98 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Abbe98
*Tool of the week*
- Leximap https://leximap.toolforge.org/: Create a colour-coded map of Lexemes from a Wikisource page's text, roll-over individual words to discover more about the lemma - Filmmap https://thefilmmap.com/: a free interactive map of filming locations built from Wikidata. Search the title to see where it’s shot or a place to see what was made there - Cradle-gadget https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Danielyepezgarces/Cradle-gadget – A new user script embeds the Cradle form editor into Wikidata item pages, enabling schema-based editing with ShEx.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- Job vacancy: (Remote) Software Engineer for the Wikidata Platform team https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/8060261. - Wikibase Cloud has a new hosting policy (pilot version) https://www.wikibase.cloud/hosting-policy/pilot - Subster https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.subster/ - a timeline-based Wikidata-powered game that plays songs from your own music collection and asks you to rank it against other songs in your hand. Like a digital, cardless version of Hitster. Requires a subsonic-compatible music server to connect to. - Uyen developed a tool in which you can visualize and inspect content gaps and shared content between different Wikipedia editions, as well as topic distributions: https://wiki-gap-finder.toolforge.org/ Check it out and give them feedback https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-ff0w-oUCEQXoQsCRxuiz5aOiOSes6kfWti5-KsKGgOgezg/viewform .
*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 properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties: - General datatypes: - tabular data series https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14687 (A tabular data series in Commons that models the given concept) - infobox chronology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14701 (indicate the place of an item in an Infobox chronology, as seen on the Wikipedias.) - OpenType script tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14726 (identifier for a script in OpenType, without trailing spaces) - Fediverse app https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14733 (Fediverse platform of the instance or address) - Fediverse instance URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14734 (Ferdiverse instance of/about the subject) - External identifiers: Viberate artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14676, Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage style ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14677, Brussels Inventory of Architectural Heritage designer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14678, radio.net station ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14679, radio.net podcast ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14680, Sokmil AV performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14681, Scent Base brand ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14682, Scent Base notes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14683, Scent Base perfumers ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14684, PISAI ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14688, CIDIM Artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14689, Etsy shop name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14690, Open Language Archives Community language code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14691, OpenStreetMap Wiki item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14692, Ko-fi page ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14695, KinoRating ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14696, Korean Classification of Administrative Districts https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14697, UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14698, SofaScore tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14699, RIA Novosti organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14700, MFL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14702, MissEvan username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14703, Soccer365.net referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14704, Soccer365.net stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14705, Soccer365.net tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14706, IGN producer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14707, kicker.de coach ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14708, Kicker.de referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14709, Lithuanian movie register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14710, LFL player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14712, BeSoccer referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14713, BeSoccer team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14714, OpenParliamentTV organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14715, OpenParliamentTV person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14716, OpenParliamentTV term ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14717, Foot Mercato referee ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14718, Foot Mercato club ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14719, FootballFakts.ru stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14720, Chess Games tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14721, Chess.com tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14722, Camping.se ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14723, Garance item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14724, OpenType language system tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14725, Okko movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14727, Grillplatser.nu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14728, Número de Registre Tributari https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14729, MissEvan sound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14730, MissEvan drama ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14731, Flemish educational institution number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14732, Norwegian Athletics athlete ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14735, RPGnet Index ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14736 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - ENS name https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ENS_name (Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain associated with a person or entity) - Inventaire régional du patrimoine en Wallonie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Inventaire_r%C3%A9gional_du_patrimoine_en_Wallonie_ID () - member of musical group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/member_of_musical_group (member of musical group) - name type https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_type (type of noun or name the sense is) - External identifiers: CINE21 Program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CINE21_Program_ID , Rakuten TV adult maker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rakuten_TV_adult_maker_ID , DMM maker ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DMM_maker_ID , sukumizu.tv actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sukumizu.tv_actress_ID , GAS actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GAS_actress_ID , Paradise TV Parson ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Paradise_TV_Parson_ID , syukou-club(X-DIABLO) actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/syukou-club(X-DIABLO)_actress_ID , Brazilian Fauna Taxonomic Catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Brazilian_Fauna_Taxonomic_Catalogue_ID , CINE21 company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CINE21_company_ID , STAPI Book ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/STAPI_Book_ID , STAPI Comics ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/STAPI_Comics_ID , STAPI Episode ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/STAPI_Episode_ID , STAPI Performer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/STAPI_Performer_ID , Qidian Author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qidian_Author_ID , Medieval Unicode Font Initiative ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Medieval_Unicode_Font_Initiative_ID , Apple Maps place id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Apple_Maps_place_id , Filmycast person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Filmycast_person_ID , EORI https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/EORI , GBIF Specimen (occurrence) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBIF_Specimen_(occurrence) , d anime store Parson ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/d_anime_store_Parson_ID , d anime store work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/d_anime_store_work_ID , Crank-in! Parson ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crank-in!_Parson_ID , Crank-in! drama ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crank-in!_drama_ID , Crank-in! animation ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crank-in!_animation_ID , Crank-in! movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Crank-in!_movie_ID , Elite Prospects team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elite_Prospects_team_ID , r-hockey.ru team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/r-hockey.ru_team_ID , Elite Prospects stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elite_Prospects_stadium_ID , izohli.uz word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/izohli.uz_word_ID , Dubbinfo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dubbinfo_ID , DBNL chamber of rhetoric ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DBNL_chamber_of_rhetoric_ID , BLS Code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BLS_Code, JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JoJo%27s_Bizarre_Encyclopedia_article_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: Retrieve all Belgian writers without an article on French Wikipedia https://w.wiki/T5E4 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#c-ScriptaBelgica-20260723083200-ScriptaBelgica-20260719201400 ) - Schema examples: Swedish barbecue areas (E408) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E408 - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects : Project Occitan https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Occitan - WikiProject Highlights: - Project Broadcasting https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Broadcasting - after 10 years of inactivity, the project has been revived with a flurry of activity . Of particular interest is the change in broadcasting scope from primarily airwave to internet transmission. - Wiki x K-pop 2026 • Editing Party - Japan Week Datathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Malaysia/Activity/Datathon/Japan_Week_Datathon/Data_Item_List/UNIS - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Wikidata Terminator https://wikidata-terminator.toolforge.org/?list&mode=tx#/ - find items that lack Label, description or sitelink. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : Oman (Q842) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842 - state in western Asia - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: cheche (L648863) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L648863
*Development*
- Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects: - We reviewed samples of Wikidata-related entries in Recent changes and watchlist on Wikipedia and co in order to see which additional changes we can remove because they don't change the article. - We are preparing for the migration of the entity usage table to the extension database cluster to address database scalability issues ( phab:T424133 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T424133) - Wikidata Query Service: We are continuing to adapt the Query Service UI and the Quality Constraints extension for the upcoming move from Blazegraph to QLever. - REST API: We are continuing to add support for Lexemes, specifically retrieving a full Lexeme (GET) (phab:T429332 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429332)
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: Seychelles https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Seychelles - 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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