*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-12-22. Missed the previous one? See issue #710 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- Open request for adminship: Vitaly Zdanevich https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator/Vitaly_Zdanevich - New requests for permissions/Bot: Title markup bot https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Title_markup_bot - Task(s): There is a variety of HTML markup found in , violating various constraints on the property. The following task description is for a bot that can start the required cleanup process. I would like to request permission to implement the functionality outlined here as a first iteration, on the understanding that it will be extended and refined to cover more cases. It will operate within the limitation that it will only modify values, add qualifiers and update labels to keep them in-line with altered titles.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Videos: - Wikidata 13th Anniversary in the Tyap Wikimedians User Group https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g-8yjmnEBUs - Remapping the Down Survey https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PifGSfnVGtw - By OSM for History Buffs - Open Data DEx Demo #1 - This week's topic: Astronomy in WikiData! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DxEux41PqC0
*Tool of the week*
- Timetrail https://wikidata-timetrail.toolforge.org/ - is a website that visualizes the movement of Wikidata items over time by mapping their associated events and locations.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- Wikimedia Deutschland jobs: - Director of Engineering https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/61646562/Director-of-Engineering-all-genders-/ (all genders) - Senior Data Analyst https://wikimedia-deutschland.career.softgarden.de/jobs/60133850/Senior-Data-Analyst-all-genders-/ (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: - Japanese court rank https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14005 (Japanese court rank of a person or a shrine) - value of this mathematical characteristic https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14006 (non-numeric value of this characteristic applied to this mathematical object) - Newest External identifiers: Taking Stock ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14001, Antiquitatum Thesaurus ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14002, The Advocate tag ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14003, Game Font Library ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14004, IMI person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14007, Metacritic video game genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14008, Banrep Cultural ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14009, FCC ID Database company slug https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14013, EDBO institution code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14016, GamesIndustry.biz game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14017, PC Guru game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14018 - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - common organism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/common_organism (organisms known by a common name of a biological taxon) - part https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/part (exact number denoting the part of a creative work or edition) - heir apparent https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/heir_apparent (person designated to take on royal position after death of subject) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Parfumo perfume ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_perfume_ID , Parfumo perfumer ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_perfumer_ID , Parfumo perfumes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_perfumes_ID , Parfumo fragrance notes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfumo_fragrance_notes_ID , BoomerShooterDB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/BoomerShooterDB_game_ID , identifiant Rappels d'une production théâtrale https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Rappels_d%27une_production_th%C3%A9%C3%A2trale , Parfinity notes ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Parfinity_notes_ID , Vandal game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vandal_game_ID , Google Ads Transparency Center advertiser ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Google_Ads_Transparency_Center_advertiser_ID , GBIF ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GBIF_ID, MetroidvaniaDB game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MetroidvaniaDB_game_ID , Games.cz game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Games.cz_game_ID , Basenotes perfume brand ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basenotes_perfume_brand_ID , Basenotes perfume people ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basenotes_perfume_people_ID , Basenotes perfume ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Basenotes_perfume_ID , CICAP Encyclopedia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CICAP_Encyclopedia_ID , Zelda Wiki ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Zelda_Wiki_ID , Yaba Sanshiro ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Yaba_Sanshiro_ID , identificador Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identificador_Biblioteca_Nacional_de_Colombia , Finnish railway station code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Finnish_railway_station_code , Fight-A-Base game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fight-A-Base_game_ID , Sketchfab model ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sketchfab_model_ID , Sketchfab channel ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sketchfab_channel_ID , Sketchfab user ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sketchfab_user_ID , DVIDS Video ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DVIDS_Video_ID , DeVuego game ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DeVuego_game_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: - Number of riots per country https://w.wiki/4N9 (source https://twitter.com/mrlogix/status/1131050728594632706) - Country having the most female politicians https://w.wiki/4NB ( source https://twitter.com/abiatus/status/1130963180199579649) - WikiProject Highlights: Niryhpr's efforts in organising the page User:Niryhpr/WikiProject_Ports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Niryhpr/WikiProject_Ports (part of WikiProject Indonesia/Geodatathon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Indonesia/Kegiatan/Datathon ) - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Language statistics for Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Mr._Ibrahem/Language_statistics_for_items - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items : Mansa Musa https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309333 - 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: ਮਰਨ (L689064) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L689064 - Punjabi verb (mərəɳ) meaning "to die (cease living)", "to wither or spoil", or "to give up (lose hope/energy)"
*Development*
- Mobile statement editing: - We added an indicator showing which Properties are not yet supported when creating new statements in mobile editing (T412719 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T412719) - We continued working on showing constraint violations on mobile ( T411602 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T411602, T411608 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T411608) - We are working on musical notation statements on mobile (T407247 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T407247) - We are improving error handling for incorrectly filled and unfilled fields in mobile editing (T408928 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T408928)
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
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Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony)
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