*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-08-18. Missed the previous one? See issue #692 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*

*Events*

- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: New Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group project series! Mark your calendars for our third session of our event series, an Introduction to Wikidata/EMCO, which is meant to introduce EMCO participants and anyone interested to Wikidata and to develop frameworks and skills for entity management in the Wikidata environment. We will review searching in Wikidata and have a practical, hands-on exercise where everyone can create a new person item and add some statements. Join us Tuesday, August 19th at 9am PT/ 12pm ET/ 16:00 UTC / 6pm CEST Time zone converter https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1755619200. Please see our project page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Project_Series/IntroEMCO for more information and Zoom links.

*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*

- Videos: - What Is Wikidata? - Be App Savvy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rTKWoZY8I8Y - OpenStreetMap x Wikidata https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IYlzoFT3Wi4&pp=0gcJCf8Ao7VqN5tD - Wikidata Taiwan

*Tool of the week*

- Magnus Manske’s developed a Como Wikidata Game https://como.toolforge.org/#/game/autodesc using Autodesc, this game suggests short descriptions for Wikidata items that don't have any. Review each suggestion, improve it if needed, and submit a concise, accurate description. Additioanlly the andriod application for the game is available for download at Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.toolforge.como

*Other Noteworthy Stuff*

- Are you a developer using Wikidata's data in your application with the action API or Query Service? The Wikidata development would love to talk to you to help improve how you can get to Wikidata's data. More details here (Great Question) https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/x2sslsjb/apply. User interview is 60-mins and you’ll receive compensation as a thank-you for your time.

*Newest properties https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:ListProperties and property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review*

- New External identifiers: National Library of Nigeria ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13699, Artfacts artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13700 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Código INE (Bolivia) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/C%C3%B3digo_INE_(Bolivia) (Official hierarchical identifier of the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia for administrative entities such as departments, provinces and municipalities.) - quality for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/quality_for (quality that is described by this sense of adjective/grammatical modifier) - type of quality https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/type_of_quality (qualifier of "item for this modifier" that specifies the type of quality) - has wireless capabilities https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_wireless_capabilities (type of wireless connectivity this device has/supports) - designed for handedness https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/designed_for_handedness (hand(s) that this object is intended to be used with) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Valais cantonal parliament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Valais_cantonal_parliament_ID , Arcanes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Arcanes_ID, A Dictionary of Travel and Tourism entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Dictionary_of_Travel_and_Tourism_entry_ID , IGDB tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IGDB_tag_ID, TechnoMusicWorld artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TechnoMusicWorld_artist_ID , TechnoMusicWorld release ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TechnoMusicWorld_release_ID , TechnoMusicWorld track ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TechnoMusicWorld_track_ID , A Dictionary of Dentistry entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Dictionary_of_Dentistry_entry_ID , CELL ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CELL_ID, Flemish Community Masterpieces List item ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Flemish_Community_Masterpieces_List_item_ID , A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation entry ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Dictionary_of_Environment_and_Conservation_entry_ID , Hamburger Frauenbiografien ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hamburger_Frauenbiografien_ID , GamesIndustry.biz topic ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GamesIndustry.biz_topic_ID , Ophardt Team Sportevent person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ophardt_Team_Sportevent_person_ID , LINDAS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/LINDAS_ID, Digital ROC people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_ROC_people_ID , Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Lyon_object_ID , Nebraska Authors author ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nebraska_Authors_author_ID , InfoconDB series ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/InfoconDB_series_ID , InfoconDB conference ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/InfoconDB_conference_ID , setlist.fm festival ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/setlist.fm_festival_ID , Digital ROC event ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Digital_ROC_event_ID , ScholarGPS scholar ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScholarGPS_scholar_ID , ScholarGPS institution ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScholarGPS_institution_ID , ScholarGPS field and discipline ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScholarGPS_field_and_discipline_ID , ScholarGPS specialty ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScholarGPS_specialty_ID , The Digital Ark person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Digital_Ark_person_ID , ScholarGPS country profile ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ScholarGPS_country_profile_ID , MHOBT ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MHOBT_ID, Letterboxd person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Letterboxd_person_ID

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

*Did you know?*

- Query examples: - Wikidata entities shaped like businesses https://w.wiki/F4Fv (Sparql source https://w.wiki/F4Mf) - Map of sub-categories of a Commons category https://w.wiki/6DJd - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects : WikiProject Irish Traditional Music https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Irish_Traditional_Music - This project aims to enhance the representation of Irish traditional music on Wikidata - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : Olympia (Q737062) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737062 - painting by Édouard Manet - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: spegnere (L1250690) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1250690 - Italian verb (ˈspeɲ.ɲe.re http://xn--ioa.xn--e-q2a.re) meaning "to extinguish (a fire)", "to turn off (a device)", or "to die (euphemistic)"

*Development*

- Mobile editing of statements: We are continuing the work - so far on the read-only mobile version. We will start looking into editing soon. You can follow along with the development on beta Wikidata https://wikidata.beta.wmflabs.org/. - GraphQL: We are continuing some experiments with GraphQL to see if it is useful for specific types of access to Wikidata's data. - Dumps: We are starting to experiment with subset dumps to see if we can get meaningful smaller dumps for reusers. - Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects: - We are working on scalability issues around the number of changes from Wikidata that get sent to Wikipedia and co. As part of this we are continuing to look into how to decrease the number of changes in recent changes and watchlist on Wikipedia and co that don't actually affect an article there. - We are investigating how the upcoming larger rollout of Parsoid affects the tracking of Wikidata usage in articles. - We are looking into improving the Databox Lua module that is used especially in smaller Wikipedias to get Wikidata-powered infoboxes. - Federation: We are looking at the previous prototype for Federated Properties that allowed to use Wikidata's Properties on another Wikibase instance. We are checking what if anything of it can be revived for our current work to allow other Wikibase instances to use Wikidata's Items and Properties seamlessly. - Data governance: We are concluding research around the current undestanding of people about which data should go where in the Wikibase Ecosystem. - Constraint reports: We limited Special:ConstraintReport to logged-in users to avoid AI scrapers hitting the systems too hard ([[phab:T401789]))

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: Cyprus https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Cyprus - 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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