*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-04-07. Missed the previous one? See issue #725 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Oversight: EPIC (2) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/EPIC_(2) (RfP scheduled to end at 9 April 2026 12:35 UTC) - New requests for permissions/Bot: - ChooseLocal https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ChooseLocal - *Task/s:* Read-only harvest of Wikidata entities (businesses, banks, etc.) by country, for use in a Canadia-centric local business directory. - JigildikBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/JigildikBot - *Task/s:* Sitelink Management: Connecting newly created articles on kaa.wiki to their corresponding Wikidata items using Pywikibot. Label and Description Updates: Adding or updating Karakalpak (kaa) labels and descriptions for various items (especially geographical and biographical items) using OpenRefine. - JJPMaster (bot) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/JJPMaster_(bot) - *Task/s:* Automatically add sitelinks for Abstract Wikipedia articles - TracklisterBot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TracklisterBot - *Task/s:* Adding missing external identifiers to Wikidata items for music artists, sourced from Tracklister (Q138905706 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138905706), a music database that aggregates data from 20+ platforms. Properties: Discogs artist ID ( P1953 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1953), Spotify artist ID (P1902 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1902), SoundCloud ID (P3040 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3040), Bandcamp ID (P3283 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3283), Beatport artist ID (P5765 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5765), Deezer artist ID (P2722 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2722), Last.fm ID (P3192 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3192), AllMusic artist ID (P1728 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1728), Apple Music artist ID (P2850 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2850), Tidal artist ID (P11853 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11853). Each claim includes a reference with stated in: Tracklister + reference URL pointing to the artist's page on tracklist.live. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: Dušan Kreheľ (bot) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Du%C5%A1an_Krehe%C4%BE_(bot) (approved)
*Events*
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours will take place on Wednesday, 18:00 CEST https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1775664000, 08th April 2026 in the Wikidata Telegram group https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg. The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase. - Blazegraph Migration Office Hours https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours_-_April_2026: Blazegraph migeration office hours April edition is today, 7th January, 16:00 UTC https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1774627200. These sessions focus exclusively on supporting the migration away from Blazegraph as the backend of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). See the office hour page for details and future sessions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours_-_April_2026 . - digiS Workshop: Wikidata für die Sammlungserschließung https://wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de/de/termine/digis-workshop-wikidata-fuer-die-sammlungserschliessung - 20 April 2026, 10.00 CEST (08:00 UTC), this online workshop (held in German) will practice Wikidata skills across SPARQL, OpenRefine and QuickStatements with a focus on using Wikidata for GLAM Institutions. To register, visit the link.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs: - Wikidata graphs for data visualisation of endangered horse breeds in Wikipedia https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/04/wikidata-graphs-for-data-visualisation-of-endangered-horse-breeds-in-wikipedia/ By Tsaag Valren - Does country of birth have an effect on the probability to have a biography in French-language Wikipedia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Wikip%C3%A9dia:RAW/2026-04-05#L'Atelier (Le pays de naissance a-t-il un effet sur les chances d'avoir une biographie sur Wikipédia ?), published in RAW-Regards sur l'actualité de Wikimedia in Wikipedia in French. - (German) Wikidata ist ein teil von Wikimedia Enterprise https://blog.wikimedia.de/2026/04/01/wikidata-ist-teil-von-wikimedia-enterprise - an update from Wikimedia Germany on Wikidata's inclusion with Wikimedia Enterprise. - (German) How to edit nearby: Notizen für regionale Open GLAM-Labore und offene Daten https://nearby.hypotheses.org/5479 by Jens Bemme. - Building the Dagbanli Dictionary’s Audio Pipeline: OGG, iOS, and Transcoding https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/03/17/building-the-dagbanli-dictionarys-audio-pipeline-ogg-ios-and-transcoding/, by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai and Mohammed Awal Alhassan - Papers: - OntoKG: Ontology-Oriented Knowledge Graph Construction with Intrinsic-Relational Routing https://arxiv.org/html/2604.02618v1 by Li *et al.,* (2026), includes a case study of cleaning and resolving entity labels and descriptions from a 100 million entity dump. - ENEIDE: A High Quality Silver Standard Dataset for Named Entity Recognition and Linking in Historical Italian https://arxiv.org/html/2603.29801v1 by Santinia *et al.,* (2026), the ENEIDE dataset links over 2000 historical documents to 8,000+ Wikidata entities. - CADEL: A Corpus of Administrative Web Documents for Japanese Entity Linking https://arxiv.org/html/2603.29336v1#S6 by Higashiyama *et al.,* (2026) - Videos: - Using content from Wikidata in your apps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDdGRXSOP24, lightning talk by Jan Ainali - 2025: OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Collaboration: Taiwan Case https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7cJNk2cZzBg&pp=0gcJCcQBo7VqN5tDiggCQAE%3D - 2025: The Ugandan Geo Quests: Mapping Libraries and Museums into the Knowledge Commons https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZaBKr5pCLc&pp=iggCQAE%3D - Using Wikidata for data enrichment in museums https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GomBxbkXZ00&pp=0gcJCcQBo7VqN5tDiggCQAE%3D - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 1: What is Wikidata & Why Does It Matter? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCYi3IJN3s&pp=iggCQAE%3D - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 2: Wikidata Building Blocks https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPea-60l3tA&pp=iggCQAE%3D - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 3: Create an Account & Your First Edits https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdxNb-5Slw&pp=iggCQAE%3D - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 4: First Edits: Adding References https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HsuydHCnpAE&pp=iggCQAE%3D - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 5: Creating a New Item https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5L7Htxi3Vs&pp=iggCQAE%3D
*Tool of the week*
- An AI chat interface to Wikidata https://wq42.toolforge.org/ by Santhosh Thottingal is a tool that gives answers to almost everything on Wikidata
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- Mobile editing user testing: Wikimedia Deutschland is planning new user tests for the mobile editing experience (including more data types as a beta feature) in late April–early May. Participants of all experience levels are welcome, and users of right‑to‑left scripts are especially encouraged to sign up. Register here https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply. Participants will be compensated for their time. - Wikidata's data is now also available via Wikimedia Enterprise APIs. (Wikimedia Enterprise blog post https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/blog/wikidata-api-endpoints-wikimedia-enterprise/ , WMDE announcement https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata%E2%80%99s_data_will_be_available_through_Wikimedia_Enterprise ) - Wikidata embedding https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Vector_Database: The vectors of the embedding are now also published. - (Job vacancy) Engineering Manager, Wikidata Platform https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/7543775?gh_src=94cfded01us&utm_source=MyJobMag: (WMF) - (Job vacancy in Indonesian) Wikimedia Indonesia: Data and Technology Apprenticeship Vacancy, April-June 2026 https://wikimedia.or.id/karier/lowongan-pemagang-data-dan-teknologi-wikimedia-indonesia-2026/ - apply by April 10. Duties include recording Wikidata editing tutorial videos, prepare datathons and training materials and events. - Research workshop on content verifiability in Wikidata: Researchers from King's College London (in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation) invite Wikidata contributors of all experience levels to a 2‑hour online workshop. Participants receive £90 compensation. Research details and registration https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Participatory_Auditing_AI_Tools_for_Information_Verifiability .
*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: - regional conservation status https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14254 (conservation status of species in national or regional Red List publications that follow the IUCN red list criteria) - PeerTube instance URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14256 (the PeerTube instance of/about the subject) - Newest External identifiers: PeerJ person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14252, RITVA corporate body ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14253, Royal Air Force service number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14255, LUBW-RIPS hydroelectric power station-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14257, Biorab-Frankfurt ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14258, Minfin company ID for banks https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14259, Wikiparfum perfumer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14260, Cultural heritage ID in Baden-Württemberg https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14261, MangaBaka manga ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14262 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Wikimedia Commons content descriptor https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_Commons_content_descriptor (Wikimedia Commons content descriptor which applies to this media file) - energy density https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/energy_density (amount of energy extractable from a substance (e.g. in a combustion engine) per unit of volume or of mass) - main page URL https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/main_page_URL (link to main page or item on website) - Bayerische Naturdenkmal-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerische_Naturdenkmal-ID (identifier for natural monuments in Bavaria (Germany), issued by the Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt) - election result https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/election_result (map that displays the result of this election) - meta-category for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/meta-category_for (topic or class of items covered by the lowest categories in this meta-category's hierarchy) - Cast https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cast (Cast) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Mainline Station Heritage Artefacts Collection ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mainline_Station_Heritage_Artefacts_Collection_ID , lit.link ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lit.link_ID, WikiKids page ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiKids_page_ID , KuLaDig ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KuLaDig_ID, Wikiparfum brand ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikiparfum_brand_ID , Turkey district ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkey_district_ID , Turkey province ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkey_province_ID , OSDev https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSDev , Giant Bomb Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Giant_Bomb_Wiki_ID , Myrotvorets ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Myrotvorets_ID , Fraktionsprotokolle.de-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fraktionsprotokolle.de-ID , KISTI article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KISTI_article_ID , Irish State Administration Database Unit ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Irish_State_Administration_Database_Unit_ID , Hessische Parlamentarismusgeschichte Abgeordneten-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hessische_Parlamentarismusgeschichte_Abgeordneten-ID , ocremix.org game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ocremix.org_game_ID , Tube8 ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tube8_ID, YourPorn ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YourPorn_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: Wikispecies pages linked to Wikidata items via a specific property https://w.wiki/KssE (example given: Family Name *(Q101352)*) - (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Wikispecies_page_linked_to_a_items_with_a_specific_property ) - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: - Salon de Paris https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Salon_de_Paris - a list of annual temporary exhibitions usually held in the Salon Carré of the Louvre Palace. - Mesocosms https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Mesocosms - about modelling research infrastructure, processes and outcomes involving use of mesocosm (Q138857216) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138857216 *(experimental system to examine the natural environment under controlled conditions).* - Archive WikiProject for Wikimedia Indonesia February 2025 Datahon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Indonesia/Kegiatan/Datathon/Arsip/2025 - WikiProject Highlights: Govdirectory: Eswatini https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Eswatini - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Badged Items without Claims https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/badged_items_without_claims - this report lists items that have received a badge (such as Good / Featured Article) but have 0 statements. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : Académie Julian (Q337480) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337480 - former art school in Paris, France - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: kurugu (L724819) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L724819 - Dagbanli noun that translate to English as metal, harem trousers, hour or coin.
*Development*
- Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects: We are continuing to investigate how to reduce the number of irrelevant changes showing up in Recent changes and Watchlist by seeing if we can compare the articles before and after the Wikidata change and detect a change in the article (phab:T419823 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T419823) - GraphQL: You can now do lookups using itemByExternalId and itemBySitelink - Mobile statement editing: We worked on fixing remaining bugs ( phab:T420585 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T420585, phab:T420028 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T420028, phab:T419586 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T419586)
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: Eswatini https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Eswatini - 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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