*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-02-09. Missed the previous one? See issue #717 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

- Blogs: Numishare Blog: Improving searchability using Natural language Processing + Wikidata https://numishare.blogspot.com/2026/01/improving-searchability-using-natural.html - How NLP-based search improvements for numismatic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q631286 collections for the American Numismatic Society https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1256518. Python NLP tools and Wikidata add a semantic layer that links equivalent terms (e.g. “serpent” and “snake”) to improve discovery across coin databases such as OCRE and MANTIS. Author: Ethan Gruber https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57432992. - Videos: - Art+Feminism Conversations / Intro to Wikidata + Archives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vRrasGCifE: Led by User:Epìdosis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ep%C3%ACdosis and User:Alan Ang (WMDE) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Alan_Ang_(WMDE), this recording covers tools that support collaborative Wikidata editing, and includes with brief updates on mobile editing, Wikibase software, and work at the intersection of AI and Wikidata. Find more info and tools covered on Meta:Art+Feminism https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Art%2BFeminism:_Intro_to_Wikidata_and_Archives - Custom Upload Funnel Creation on Wikimedia Commons: Wiki Loves Africa 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8S1Ay5UWvo - User:Kambai Akau https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Kambai_Akau and the Tyap User Group https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2026_in_the_Tyap_Community demonstrate how to contribute to the Wiki Loves Africa 2026 contest, incl. how to add a Wikidata Infobox to your contributions, and how to create Wikidata Items if they are missing. - (Papiamento) Add a different language Label to a Wikidata Item https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiZAvrop_yU Wikipedia Above Aruba|Ep. 9 - it's not always obvious how to add labels, descriptions and aliases of different languages to Wikidata items, this short video demonstrates how. - Hands-on Exercise: Data Cleaning & Preparation with OpenRefine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9tbLc5czbU - Daniel Garjio guides through exercises to cluster and merge duplicate values, standardise formats, reconcile data with external authority sources such as Wikidata. - (Spanish) Mapeo colaborativo, plataformas libres y autonomía local https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srLq6dXjGc4, part of the Conference on Climate Justice, Indigenous Voices, and Wikimedia Platforms (2024) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Conferencia_Justicia_clim%C3%A1tica_Per%C3%BA_2024 - speaker: Túllio Morais Franca shows how to integrate mapping tools suchas OpenStreetMap and Mapillary with Wikidata, Commons and Wikipedia.

*Tool of the week*

- Wiki Clarity Tool https://clarity-tool.toolforge.org/: Clarity Tool is a lightweight web application built to empower editors across Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. It helps contributors identify missing information in articles and suggests structured data from Wikidata to fill those gaps.

- Name Suggestion Index : Submit a Brand https://ga-kevin-codes.github.io/Suggest-A-Brand/ - A tool that links Wikidata brand items to the Name Suggestion Index project on OpenStreetMap https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index.

*Other Noteworthy Stuff*

- Mobile editors can now edit String and External ID datatypes directly in the mobile view. To help improve this new interface, Wikimedia Deutschland is looking for volunteers for UX testing sessions. Participants will be compensated for their time. Sign up here https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply (greatquestion) and learn more on the project page: Mobile editing of statements https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements

*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: - ‎braille transcription https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14115 (transcription in Braille) - location collected https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14117 (geographic location where a specimen or sample was collected in the field) - Newest External identifiers: Rappels theatrical production ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14114, Berlin School ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14116 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Siège occupé https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Si%C3%A8ge_occup%C3%A9 ({{TranslateThis | fr = siège occupé par une personne au sein d'une académie ou autre société à ''numerus clausus'' }}) - Standard Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Standard_Number (A standard serial number) - New External identifier property proposals to review: MusicaPopular.cl ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MusicaPopular.cl_ID , JMRC person id (en) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/JMRC_person_id_(en) , Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Dictionary_of_Unitarian_and_Universalist_Biography_ID , CAMEO page ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CAMEO_page_ID , TeamNL athlete ID (new) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TeamNL_athlete_ID_(new) , World Flora Online Plant List https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/World_Flora_Online_Plant_List , radeberger-stadtgeschichte.de Objekt Identifikator https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/radeberger-stadtgeschichte.de_Objekt_Identifikator , Master Ideographs Seeker Character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Master_Ideographs_Seeker_Character_ID , Flohic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flohic_ID, Oricon News person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Oricon_News_person_ID , radiko person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/radiko_person_ID , Xcity actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Xcity_actress_ID , TV Drama Database Program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TV_Drama_Database_Program_ID , Van Dale Rijmwoordenboek sentences ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Van_Dale_Rijmwoordenboek_sentences_ID , Van Dale Rijmwoordenboek word ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Van_Dale_Rijmwoordenboek_word_ID , BISMaL taxon ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BISMaL_taxon_ID , Vlaams Woordenboek ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vlaams_Woordenboek_ID , Kotobank Japanese ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Kotobank_Japanese_ID , Nişanyan Adlar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ni%C5%9Fanyan_Adlar_ID

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

*Did you know?*

- Query examples: - Items with two or more Olympedia people ID https://w.wiki/HkTZ ( source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Wikidata_entries_with_multiple_Olympedia_IDs) - find duplicate external identifier. - Music roll releases with recordings of works performed by composer https://w.wiki/Hndn (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Piano_Rolls/Queries ) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: - WikiProject progressive Metal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Progressive_Metal - Wikiproject Basque Cultural heritage and GLAM https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Basque_Cultural_Heritage_and_GLAM - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: 'Template' items with only one sitelink https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/single_sitelink_template_items - per Wikidata:Notability https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Notability, "*If a link is a template, the item must contain at least two such sitelinks...*" - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : It Was Just an Accident (Q133866932) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133866932 - a 2025 thriller film, winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes:

*Development*

- Dumps: We published the report from our research into the user experience with Wikidata's dumps https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/File:Wikidata_Dumps_Discovery_Research_Report.pdf . - Mobile editing: We are finalizing the support for quantity, monolingual text, mathematical expression and musical notation statements as well as a first version for coordinate statements. - Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We have continued our investigation into existing Lua modules in order to find more ways in which we can reduce unwanted entries from Wikidata in Recent changes and watchlists on Wikipedia and co. We found a number of options that we are looking into now. (phab:T416822 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416822, phab:T416825 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416825, phab:T416826 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416826, phab:T416827 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416827) - Wikidata Vector embedding: We added German to the embedding (next to English, French and Arabic)

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)

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