*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-05-18. Missed the previous one? See issue #731 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- New requests for permissions/Bot: - PatsaBot 1 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/PatsaBot_1 - *Task/s:* Add sitelink from Template:Taxonomy/* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Template:Taxonomy/ on thwiki to same entry from enwiki and update Thai description from generic template format to "แม่แบบอนุกรมวิธาน" (taxonomy template). - MarisDreshmanisBot 2 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/MarisDreshmanisBot_2 - *Task/s:* Create occupation Q-items and add native-language labels on existing occupation Q-items from 33 state-issued national occupation classifiers (165 national registries, 154 countries, ~30,000 new Q-items, ~120,000 native labels across 53 languages). - ias-kbase https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ias-kbase - *Task/s:* Read-only bulk entity lookups for an internal knowledge graph project. Fetches labels, claims, and sitelinks from Wikidata and intro-paragraph extracts from English Wikipedia. No writes.
*Events*
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - Reminder: Propose a session for WikiProject Days 2026 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikiProjects_Days_2026. Your proposal can be just one or two sentences. Suggestions include topics on how to use WikiProjects to connect with others and improve data modelling, how to revive a neglected WikiProject, and what makes a good WikiProject. Propose a session now https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:WikiProjects_Days_2026. Deadline Sunday May 24. - Wikimedia Indonesia is hosting the 2026 Data Visualization Competition https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Kompetisi_Penyajian_Data from 10th to 31st May 2026. We welcome visualization and essay submissions from Indonesian participants on various topics ranging from Indonesian history to biological diversity. - The three-hundred online Wikidata meetup in Swedish https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Swedish_online_editathon_300, May 24 - Wikidata: An Open Knowledge Graph for Research and Beyond https://www.gw.uni-hamburg.de/ueber-die-fakultaet/digital-humanities/dh-lab/veranstaltungen/26-05-27-hands-on-wiki.html, a workshop on-site at the Digital Humanities Lab (C2003), University Hamburg, 27 May, 14:15 – 15:45 CEST. Registration (via link).
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs: Easy way to add images to Wikipedia & Wikidata items, with WikiShootMe and Mapillary https://forum.mapillary.com/t/easy-way-to-add-imagery-to-wikipedia-and-wikidata-items-with-wikishootme-and-mapillary/10375 - Papers: - *Wikidata and authority files: reconciliation and cooperation procedures* https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/698 by Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis: an overview of the interactions between Wikidata and library authority files and of the usage of Wikibase by library authority files up to July 2025 - *Institutional practices in gender recording: an analysis of National Libraries* https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/675 by Novaes de Mendonça, and Ana Carolina Simionato Arakaki: contains references to Wikidata and its interconnection with library authority files - *Modellizzazione delle conoscenze: Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario e Wikidata, due strumenti a confronto* https://www.aidainformazioni.it/index.php/aidainformazioni/article/view/350 by Elena Cencetti https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Elena_Cencetti, Camillo Carlo Pellizzari di San Girolamo and Elisabetta Viti https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Elisabetta_Viti2 (in Italian): a detailed comparison of Wikidata and the Nuovo soggettario Thesaurus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16583225 as knowledge organization systems, with a case study regarding the reconciliation with Wikidata of a group of terms of the Nuovo soggettario Thesaurus regarding photography - Videos: - Curating shared knowledge about artifacts on Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fubhBJGz6YQ with Till Grallert, it explores how the Jarāʾid project used Wikidata to build a multilingual, open knowledge graph of pre-1930 Arabic periodicals. - LIVE Wikidata editing #122 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_oAlLw5CHs with User:Ainali and User:Abbe98 do some live editing on Wikidata (in English), and discuss the thought process of what they are doing and why they do it. - Every Major Oil and Gas Pipeline in History Mapped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIoQFWGDb90 - a visualisation utilising Wikidata, OpenStreetmap, Wikipedia and Global Energy Monitor. - Presentations - La fabrique collective des histoires queer dans les communs numériques https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reseau_LGBTQI_2026_-_John_SAMUEL.pdf. Presentation by John Samuel https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Jsamwrites and panel, 2e Rencontres du Reseau Jeune Recherche LGBTQI+, Université Lyon 1, 12 May 2026
*Tool of the week*
- Wikidata Property Explorer https://prop-explorer.toolforge.org/ is a tool by user Steven Liu. The tool is used for exploring Wikidata properties - securitybaseline https://securitybaseline.eu/ use Wikidata to get the domain names for institutions
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- MapRoulette Challenge (Chile) https://maproulette.org/browse/challenges/55009: Improve heritage-related items around Santiago, Chile, linking them to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. - The Wikidata Platform team has published its backend replacement recommendation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/Backend_Replacement and accompanying technical architecture https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_Query_Service/WDQS_Architecture_re-design for the migration of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) away from Blazegraph. Feedback is invited until May 25th 2026, especially on potential gaps and impacts on advanced use cases. Wikidata community members and WDQS users are also encouraged to help identify high-impact tools and workflows that may need attention on this page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update/High-Impact_Use_Cases. Feedback can be shared on the Migration talk page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:SPARQL_query_service/WDQS_backend_update or during the next office hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours. See the WDP team newsletter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_Platform_team/Newsletter for more details
*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: - contains cadastral area https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14408 (cadastral area that is wholly or partly contained by a municipality) - algebraic closure https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14413 (algebraic closure of the field) - real closure https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14414 (real closure of the formally real field) - eusocial caste https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14415 (specialized type of an eusocial animal) - Wikimedia Commons content descriptor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14416 (Wikimedia Commons content descriptor which applies to this media file) - time expansion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14424 (factor by which a recording's duration has been extended or compressed relative to the original real-time event, without pitch correction.) - SELL rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14425 (French video game content rating (1999–2003)) - age requirement documentation URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14427 (URL for a website's statement of compliance with U.S. legal record-keeping requirements related to visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct) - maximum vehicle length https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14430 (maximum authorized length for vehicles (especially heavy goods vehicles) on a bridge, tunnel or road segment) - maximum vehicle width https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14431 (maximum authorized width for vehicles (especially heavy goods vehicles) on a bridge, tunnel or road segment) - maximum vehicle weight https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14432 (maximum authorized weight (tonnage / gross vehicle weight) for vehicles (especially heavy goods vehicles) on a bridge, tunnel or road segment (load limit)) - maximum vehicle height https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14433 (maximum authorized height for vehicles (especially heavy goods vehicles) on a bridge, tunnel or road segment (regulatory limit from signage)) - independent of theory https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14434 (theory that proves neither this proposition nor its negation) - gender-neutral form of label https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14453 (form of name or title with no assumption of gender) - subject named as (monolingual text) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14457 (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) - alternative name (monolingual text) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14458 (with an associated language code) qualifier for alternative name(s), given for a subject in a database entry, or preserved in references (even these are no longer the preferred name) - CWSAC classification https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14460 (Level of military significance for American Civil War battles as defined by the 1993 Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) report.) - DMCA takedown policy URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14465 (DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown policy or submitting page of this hosting site or UGC (User Generated Content) distributor) - election result map https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14469 (map that displays the result of this election) - paid-up capital https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14471 (portion of a company’s issued share capital that has been paid by shareholders) - Newest External identifiers: 19star actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14407, ACM Digital Library institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14409, Stockholm public transport stop ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14410 , Go2Senkyo.com politician ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14411, SensCritique person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14412, Census of Italian Architecture since 1945 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14417, CINEFOX film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14418, CINEFOX person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14419, Cultural heritage Database-ID in Lübeck https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14420, Dijital İstanbul cultural property ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14422, VG homicide ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14423, Portable Antiquities Scheme record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14426, EGAFD film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14428, Cairn.info publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14429, BGAFD film ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14435, Apple TV person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14436, Blätter author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14437, critify.de publication ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14438, Semanticscience Integrated Ontology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14439, Prime Video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14440, Objectif plumes author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14442, Museum of Canadian Music artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14443, Museum of Canadian Music work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14444, Lübeck Culturul heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14445, Rhineland-Palatinate Cultural heritage ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14446, DEF19 2.0 publisher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14447, MovieLens movie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14449, Verfassungsblog author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14450, QueenBallers player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14451, NaPTAN stop area code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14452, CycleBase cyclist ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14459, Book Notification author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14461, Prime Video GTI https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14462, parliament.scot member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14463, Instrumentalistinnen-Lexikon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14464, Goodreads genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14468, Giant Bomb Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14470 - New General datatypes property proposals to reviews: - contributed to narrative universe https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/contributed_to_narrative_universe (''(no English description proposed yet)'') - Grokipedia page title https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grokipedia_page_title (page title used in a Grokipedia article URL) - especially https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/especially (qualifier for statements to refine a value that applies more generally, but applies especially to a more specific value; a more specific qualifier than "including" (P1012)) - Common Vulnerability Scoring System score https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Common_Vulnerability_Scoring_System_score (Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score) - Depicts taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Depicts_taxon (depicts taxon) - Still taken from the film https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Still_taken_from_the_film (Still taken from the film) - New External identifier property proposals to review: StaphBase ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/StaphBase_ID, Geohashing wiki page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Geohashing_wiki_page , identifiant d'un fonds au catalogue collectif de France https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_d%27un_fonds_au_catalogue_collectif_de_France , Oireachtas bill ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oireachtas_bill_ID , Defense Technical Information Center Accession Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Defense_Technical_Information_Center_Accession_Number , European System of Accounts ID (Germany) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/European_System_of_Accounts_ID_(Germany) , Identifiant d'un éditeur sur OpenEdition https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_d%27un_%C3%A9diteur_sur_OpenEdition , Natalie ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Natalie_ID, AV CHANNEL actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AV_CHANNEL_actress_ID , Mineral Resources Data System deposit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mineral_Resources_Data_System_deposit_ID , Wikimedia Phabricator project https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_Phabricator_project , AWA artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AWA_artist_ID , Rakuten Music artist https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rakuten_Music_artist , recochoku artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/recochoku_artist_ID , identifiant AnnuSéries d'une série télévisée https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_AnnuS%C3%A9ries_d%27une_s%C3%A9rie_t%C3%A9l%C3%A9vis%C3%A9e
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: Library of Congress occupations by Label and Lccn no. https://w.wiki/NadJ (source https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Request_a_query&oldid=2492426393#Getting_'Subject_named_as'_qualifier ) - WikiProject Highlights: - Project Malaysia / Wiki x K-pop 2026 Datathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Malaysia/Activity/Datathon/Wiki_x_K-pop_2026:_Datathon - Project Occupations / Roadmap https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Occupations/Roadmap - Project LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group / SummerCoworking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/SummerCoworking - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Children born after Mothers death date https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/children_of_dead_mothers
*Development*
- Tighter connection of the Wikibase Ecosystem: We've been working on making it possible to use Wikidata Items (and later from other Wikibase instances) as values in statements on other Wikibase instances. You can now try it out on a demo system or set up your own test instance to give it a try. More details in the announcement https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/D4RA5JQAJ5MUUDIVHGELWWE7OSSWXV5B/ . - Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We are continuing the work on showing less irrelevant changes on recent changes and watchlist on Wikipedia and co by trying to determine if an edit from Wikidata actually changed the rendered article or not - Mobile statement editing: - We worked on reducing the load for users with limited data - We are continuing to fix issues uncovered in testing - Making Wikiprojects more visible: We are getting ready for testing of the prototype. We'll be adding links to the respective Wikirojects on Item pages in the tools menu to make it easier for people to find the corresponding Wikiprojects. This is based on statements already on the Item such as specific external IDs.
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)
Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate
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