* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-03-17. Missed the previous one? See issue #670 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_03_10*
* Discussions *
- New request for comments: Time to deprecate P642 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Deprecate_P642 - of (P642) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P642 has spent 3 years marked as*deprecated*. Is it time to finally mark it as an obsolete Wikidata property(Q18644427) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18644427?
* Events *
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - Call for Wikimania 2025 Programme reviewers https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/EDXCS7QM3QYJBORQUKBJ3NTIDUYIZSKU/. Apply until Monday 17 March 12:00 UTC - Wikidata Affinity Group Update: The fourth session of Starting a Wikidata Project, originally set for March 18, will now be an asynchronous Slack discussion in the #wikidata channel of the LD4 Slack Space. Join us at 9am PT / 16:00 UTC https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1742313600 to discuss Reporting Your Outcomes and Results. Join Slack here https://join.slack.com/t/ld4/shared_invite/zt-31379okvn-8IVWvbCZerKnN352sKCa2g. Note: April programming will pause as we prepare the next series.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - Training for the staff of the Museum of Photography in Krakow on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/February_2025/Contents/Poland_report - "The training aimed to enable the MuFo staff to effectively navigate and develop skills in editing and managing the museum's digital resources within the Wikimedia projects." - (German) Wikipedia Unterwegs - this time in Neu-Ulm https://temporaerhaus.de/tag/wikimedia/: This travelling community meetup for German Wikimedians discusses the growing ecosystem of Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons. - REST in Rust http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/archives/757 by Magnus: "A new Rust crate has been developed to simplify access to the Wikibase REST API, featuring industry-level coding standards, 248 unit tests, >97% code coverage, and high maintainability. Check out the GitHub repo and contribute via the issue tracker or pull requests!" - Videos - Useful videos that explain how to set up/make use of Wikibases https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikibase-cloud@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2MZ7O26YWZDLNDUU5YKW3RKQHRKR6D5C/. Put together by Valerie - Wikidata and Wikibase - Curriculum Transformation in the Digital Humanities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk7Lfr9mAAk&pp=ygUIV2lraWJhc2U%3D - (Chinese) Open Data Day Taiwan 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IT_dl08DMA: more details and program agenda on the Wikimedia Taiwan Meta Event https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/Open_Data_Day_Taiwan_2025 page - Wikidata as an Open Data Resource https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQneCQUk9d8: Ian Watt at Open Source SG - Bridging GLAM and Wiki: The Khalili Perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRY2mtj1MFY: Dr. Martin Poulter, WiR at Khalili Foundation.
* Tool of the week *
- Research Expeditions on Wikidata with itineraries https://www.expeditia.info/ - Visualization tool for research expeditions itineraries and natural history collections.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- An update regarding the WDQS backend https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata-tech@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/KDZXE3S57G34WUHHB4R5DTQ4RLOZKLCY/ has been published, about the adoption of the new endpoints and the next steps that will take place. - Call for Projects – Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon 2025 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/A6OR2H5UHG6CNDE4LHIXBX4KAVK2KLKZ/. Do you have a technical project that needs contributions? Or a testing initiative that could use more hands? Submit a project BY 21st March 2025. - The Wikidata Vector Database https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Embedding_Project prototype is almost ready! Developers interested in integrating semantic search into their applications and editors looking to explore Wikidata items using natural language search are invited to reach out for more details: philippe.saade[image: @]wikimedia.de - Join the Wikimedia Deutschland software development team: Product Manager Wikibase Suite https://wikimedia-deutschland.softgarden.io/job/53665453/Product-Manager-Wikibase-Suite-all-genders-?jobDbPVId=198705093&l=en (all genders)
*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: - OAI formatter https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13380 (formatter to generate ID compatible with Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting services) - AI-generation prompt https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13381 (exact prompt that was used to generate this AI-generated media or work) - data analysis method https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13391 (methods used in the main item for inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information) - Newest External identifiers: Wikishire article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13364, HelloAsso organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13365, Dictionnaire de la déportation gardoise person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13366, Graceful17 entity ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13367, Game Input Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13368, DRTV ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13369, Calindex person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13370, Historia Hispánica ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13371, TERMDAT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13372, Kulturdatenbank ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13373, DDLC entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13374, Chinese Basketball Association player ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13375, Captain Coaster coaster ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13376, Memoria Chilena ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13377, Jamendo track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13378, MikuWiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13379, ZOOM Platform product ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13382, Clio-online researcher ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13383, Clio-online organization ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13384, SteamDB tech ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13385, Big Fish Games game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13386, Clio-online web resource ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13387, Iowa State University Library Vocabularies ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13388, Newsweek topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13389, booru tag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13390 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - watercraft prefix https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/watercraft_prefix (prefix applied to watercraft operated by different organisations) - accused https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/accused (person or organization who has been accused of carrying out this harmful, illegal, or immoral act without having received a criminal conviction or where the accused have been acquitted in a court of law) - applies to volume https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/applies_to_volume (volume of the item (usually edition of a work) to which the claim applies) - oxygen endurance https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/oxygen_endurance (The maximum time a submarine, spacecraft or enclosed vehicle can sustain life using its onboard oxygen supply.) - Coefficient of thermal expansion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Coefficient_of_thermal_expansion () - fracture toughness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fracture_toughness () - New External identifier property proposals to review: Danskefilmstemmer.dk work ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danskefilmstemmer.dk_work_ID, Danskefilmstemmer.dk character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Danskefilmstemmer.dk_character_ID, Internet-Portal „Westfälische Geschichte“ person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Internet-Portal_%E2%80%9EWestf%C3%A4lische_Geschichte%E2%80%9C_person_ID, Kosovo NGO registration number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kosovo_NGO_registration_number, Yale LUX ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yale_LUX_ID, geraldika.ru symbol ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/geraldika.ru_symbol_ID, Swimcloud swimmer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Swimcloud_swimmer_ID, CACI company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CACI_company_ID, VD 16 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/VD_16_ID, World Higher Education Database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Higher_Education_Database_ID, Qur'an Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Qur%27an_Wiki_article_ID, JSIC code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JSIC_code, Macrotransactions game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macrotransactions_game_ID, Landtag Tirol person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Landtag_Tirol_person_ID, NexusMods mod ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NexusMods_mod_ID, Thunderstore game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thunderstore_game_ID, SideQuest app ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SideQuest_app_ID, IndExs Exsiccata ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IndExs_Exsiccata_ID, National Academy of Engineering member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Academy_of_Engineering_member_ID, DGO ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DGO_ID, The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Rural_Settlement_of_Roman_Britain_ID, Audiovisual Identity Database page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Audiovisual_Identity_Database_page, Encyclopaedia of Islam (Arabic edition) ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Encyclopaedia_of_Islam_(Arabic_edition)_ID, Rodovid family ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Rodovid_family_ID, Cultural Heritage Azerbaijan ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cultural_Heritage_Azerbaijan_ID, Zurich Kantonsrat and Regierungsrat member ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zurich_Kantonsrat_and_Regierungsrat_member_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - Location of fire stations in Spain https://w.wiki/D4EV (source https://x.com/angelobregons/status/1889979376768614743) - Oldest known individual per taxon https://w.wiki/DTc9 (pre-20th century) (source https://wikis.world/@WikidataFacts@mastodon.social/114173501080142856 ) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: AncientMaths https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_AncientMaths - WikiProject Highlights: New country page for Poland https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Nonprofit_Organizations/Poland in WikiProject Nonprofit Organizations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Nonprofit_Organizations, and on cividata.org https://cividata.org/en/poland/. Help expanding it! - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: German lexemes without forms divided by lexical category https://w.wiki/DQWP ( source https://t.me/c/1325756915/35931) - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: Perm (Q915) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q915 - city in Russia - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: Knoten (L298686) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L298686 - German noun that can mean "knot", "fundamental unit of which graphs (in graph theory) are formed", "point where an orbit crosses a plane of reference to which it is inclined", or "hair wrapped in a circular coil around itself (bun)."
* Development *
- Wikibase REST API: We continued the work on adding search to the API ( phab:T383126 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T383126) - Search: We are continuing the work on making it easier to search for entities other than Items in the search box (phab:T338483 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T338483) - Query Service: We set up the constraint checks to use the split graph instead of the full graph (phab:T374021 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T374021) - Integration in the other Wikimedia projects: We are looking into how changes from Wikidata are represented on the other Wikimedia projects and how that can be improved (phab:T386200 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386200)
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? . - 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