*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-05-27. Missed the previous one? See issue #680 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous. Help with Translations https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current.*
* Discussions *
- New requests for permissions/Bot: William Avery Bot 12 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery_Bot_12 - Task(s): Add PubMed publication ID(P698) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P698 to items that lack it, but have DOI(P356) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P356, which allows it to be looked up using the PubMed API https://biopython.org/docs/1.76/api/Bio.Entrez.html. - Talk: Wikidata Identifiers (No value for missing Ids) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Identifiers#Novalue_for_missing_IDs: about how to indicate that a certain entity is absent in a given database
* Events *
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - Wikidata and Sister Projects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects During 4 half-days of sessions showcasing and showing how Wikidata supports and is integrated to the other Wikimedia projects From Thursday, May 29 from 16:00 UTC to Sunday, June 1 13:30 UTC. Registration link https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RegisterForEvent/1291 - Program https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects#Sessions - Questions? (Talk page) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - Taiwan Street-view Expedition (Huwei and Tuku, Yunlin, Taiwan) https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/s8321414/diary/406703 - joint OSM and Wikidata activity - Papers - (Italian) *Termini, dati e collegamenti: ‘conversazioni’ tra il Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario e Wikidata* https://www.datocms-assets.com/103094/1747654189-imagines-n-12-cencetti_pellizzari_viti.pdf: This study is about the history of the cooperation between the Thesaurus del Nuovo soggettario https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16583225 (the main thesaurus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17152639 used by Italian libraries for subject indexing) and Wikimedia projects, initially Wikipedia and now mainly Wikidata - WikiDBGraph: Large-Scale Database Graph of Wikidata for Collaborative Learning https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.16635 By Wu et al., (2025) — This study introduces WikiDBGraph, a network of 100,000 linked databases from Wikidata, using 17 million connections to improve AI learning and reveal challenges in handling interconnected data. - Filling in the Blanks? A Systematic Review and Theoretical Conceptualisation for Measuring WikiData Content Gaps https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.16383 By Ripoll et al., (2025) – The paper systematically reviews content gaps in Wikidata, proposing a typology of missing data and a framework to measure these gaps, highlighting their impact on knowledge quality and completeness. - AI in Data Management and Analysis https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-91705-9_5 By Haber et al., (2025) – This paper explores how AI streamlines academic data tasks like cleaning and analysis, whike tools like Google DataPrep, Airtable and Wikidata help researchers, but human oversight is key to maintaining accuracy and ethics in research. - Videos - Using PetScan to create lists from Wikipedia and Wikidata https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CBCgyF-WAP4&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD By Tamsin Braisher (Dr Thneed https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DrThneed). - (Spanish) Connecting Collections: Wikidata as a Bridge between Museums and Communities https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nxgB7LvG1N0 By Museo de los Museos and Carla Toro.
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata Toolkit https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata_Toolkit The Wikidata Toolkit is an open-source Java library for using data from Wikidata and other Wikibase sites. Its main goal is to make it easy for external developers to take advantage of this data in their own applications.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- A discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of Abstract Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia is now open: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Some of the hypothesis involve Wikidata. You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Abstract_Wikipedia/Location_of_Abstract_Content .
* 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: none - External identifiers: Geographicus cartographer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13576, Wikibase of Czech Librarians ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13577, Jesuit Online Necrology ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13578, Ons Land ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13579, VejinBooks author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13580, PC98 Images game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13581, Rhein-Neckar-Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13582, CvLAC ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13583, Stadtwiki Meißen ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13584, WürzburgWiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13585, Wetzipedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13586, AW-Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13587, Tüik village ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13588 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - LSF rating https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LSF_rating (Indonesia film classification administered by the Indonesian Film Censorship Board) - image of cosplay https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/image_of_cosplay (cosplay that depicts this character or person) - Classificazione Guizzi degli strumenti musicali https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Classificazione_Guizzi_degli_strumenti_musicali (Guizzi's classification system of musical instruments) - name translation https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/name_translation (translation into native language) - External identifiers: Concertzender ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Concertzender_ID, MCW-PL article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MCW-PL_article_ID, Polska Biblioteka Muzyczna PBM https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polska_Biblioteka_Muzyczna_PBM, norsk soldatregister person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/norsk_soldatregister_person_ID, Databank verkiezingsuitslagen https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Databank_verkiezingsuitslagen, TNT Sports soccer team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TNT_Sports_soccer_team_ID, NHK Archives Portal Broadcasting History ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/NHK_Archives_Portal_Broadcasting_History_ID, Lithuanian lake ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lithuanian_lake_ID, Sierra Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sierra_Wiki_article_ID, Fondazione Ragghianti Fototeca image ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fondazione_Ragghianti_Fototeca_image_ID, archive creator archieven.nl https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/archive_creator_archieven.nl
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: Exemplars of the Magna Carta https://w.wiki/EFJi ( source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata_talk:WikiProject_Manuscripts#Magna_Carta ) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: Revitalizing UK History https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Event:Revitalizing_UK_History- A wikiproject with the aim of enriching UK historical figures. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items:The BFG (Q19689203) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19689203 - 2016 film by Steven Spielberg - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: trucco (L580449) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L580449 - Italian noun (ˈtruk.ko) meaning "deceptive ploy", "makeup", or "strategic maneuver"
* 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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