*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-11-03. Missed the previous one? See issue #703 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*

*Discussions*

- Closed request for adminship: Samoasambia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Samoasambia - New requests for permissions/Bot: langCodesBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/langCodesBot - Task(s): Python script to automate the cleanup of deprecated language codes (e.g., kr) from Wikidata items. Delete or move labels, descriptions, and aliases based on comparisons with fallback and related languages. The script uses the Pywikibot framework to process each item and logs cases it skips due to data inconsistencies or ambiguity to a CSV file for manual review. - New request for comments: Exhibition models https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Exhibition_models by Hexatekin https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Hexatekin - This proposal focuses on standardizing models for art exhibitions. There is not a consistent data model used for art exhibitions that factors in parent-child relationships for traveling exhibitions, show series, or biennials, despite these being important and common types of events in international art history.

*Events*

- Past: - Happy Birthday, Wikidata 🎉! We celebrated Wikidata’s 13th birthday with a community call to unveil presents and play games. Check out the replay of the event and the cool gifts people made: Wikidata:Thirteenth Birthday/Presents & messages https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Thirteenth_Birthday/Presents_%26_messages - WikidataCon: You can catch up on the recordings and slides in the program https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025/Program - Wikidata Workshop at ISWC https://wikidataworkshop.github.io/2025/: You can catch up on the published papers on the website.

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

- Blogs: - Building an Internet for Everyone: Wikidata Recognized as a Digital Public Good https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wikidata-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/ - *Enriching Wikidata with AuthorityBox. An interview with Stefano Bargioni* https://tech-news.wikimedia.de/2025/10/28/enriching-wikidata-with-authoritybox/ - examples of AuthorityBox can be seen in PUSC catalogue https://catalogo.pusc.it/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=136541 , URBE catalogue http://koha-urbs.reteurbs.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=316885 (code http://koha-urbs.reteurbs.org/opac-tmpl/lib/AuthorityBox_URBS.js ), Keratsini-Drapetsona catalogue https://opac.keratsini-drapetsona.gr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=7268; cf. also Stefano Bargioni, *From Authority Enrichment to AuthorityBox. Applying RDA in a Koha environment* https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84951093 (2020) - Exploring Nairobi and Building a Global Network: The Inspiring Wikimania@20 Experience https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/11/02/exploring-nairobi-and-building-a-global-network-the-inspiring-wikimania20-experience - Supercharging Cultural Institution Collections with Wikidata https://wikiedu.org/blog/2025/10/31/supercharging-cultural-institution-collections-with-wikidata/ - Videos: - Por qué el conocimiento libre importa más que nunca | Gustavo Candela | Jornadas Anuales 2025 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6SkqxD9n1eY - Wikidata Ontology Course | A NotebookLM Deep Dive https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FbaII87_M84 - Odia Wikimedians User Group Celebration of the 13th Wikidata Birthday https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ss6_wbK1gck - Como utilizar o OpenRefine para cadastrar artigos científicos na Wikidata? - WikiTutoriais #05 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIknKpmIYw - Supercharging Cultural Institution Collections with Wikidata [October 2025 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZWKcwXNhPI] - ¿Cómo es la ontología de Wikidata? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LL93wMSFkKs&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD - Wikidata @13 celebration by the Tyap Wikimedians https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT0pvzfFeug

*Tool of the week *The Wikidata Reference Validator https://wikidata-reference-validator.toolforge.org/ by User:JosefAnthony https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony helps check and replace broken or outdated references — keeping Wikidata’s knowledge verifiable and trustworthy. It checks whether external references are still accessible or offline, so we can ensure that every statement on Wikidata shows how we know what we know.

*Other Noteworthy Stuff*

- Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wikidata-recognized-as-a-digital-public-good/ - Wikimedia chapters are providing scholarships for Wikimania 2026. Apply here if you're interested: Wikipedia:Förderung/Wikimania/English https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:F%C3%B6rderung/Wikimania/English

*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: ‎Newegg item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13891, ‎Hardcore Gaming 101 game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13892 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Luminous flux https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Luminous_flux (Numerical value of the luminous flux emitted by a lighting device or light source, measured in lumens) - anatomical structure in view https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/anatomical_structure_in_view (the anatomical structure in view in the photo, e.g. head, wing, habitus (body)) - anatomical view https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/anatomical_view (view of an anatomical structure, e.g. ventral, dorsal, frontal) - collector https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/collector (person or group who physically collected a specimen or object in the field) - Serbo-Croatian preferred project code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Serbo-Croatian_preferred_project_code (For an interwiki article, the property points to the Serbo-Croatian project (sh, bs, hr, sr) that either has a special connection to the topic or the highest quality article.) - New External identifier property proposals to review: BG IISDA org ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BG_IISDA_org_ID , BG NACID person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BG_NACID_person_ID , GCatholic former diocese ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GCatholic_former_diocese_ID , Grokipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Grokipedia_ID , The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Family_Names_in_Britain_and_Ireland_ID , Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/_Encyclopedia_of_African_American_History_1896_to_the_Present_entry_ID , Davis Cup player ID 2025 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Davis_Cup_player_ID_2025 , Eiga.com drama ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Eiga.com_drama_ID , AntCat ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AntCat_ID, Last Address ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Last_Address_ID , Disney+ browse ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Disney%2B_browse_ID , Japanese Film Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japanese_Film_Database_ID , Japan Location Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Japan_Location_Database_ID , Fight.ru fighters ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fight.ru_fighters_ID , IMI person id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IMI_person_id

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

*Did you know?*

- Query examples: - Map of ~12.000 western European tram stops among their respective networks https://w.wiki/Fqji - Count of Wikipedia articles about UNESCO Memory of the World inscriptions https://w.wiki/FvKQ - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : perestroïka (Q167634) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167634 - political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost policy reform - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes:baseline (L46097) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L46097 - English noun (ˈbeɪslaɪn) meaning "a starting point for comparison", "a benchmark in budgeting", or "a reference line in typography or surveying"

*Development*

- Mobile editing of statements: We are continuing the work on qualifiers and reference editing - GraphQL: We are continuing the work on making labels of linked entities available in GraphQL (phab:T404692 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T404692) - Dumps: We are continuing to look into improvements for the dump process

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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