* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2025-06-16. Missed the previous one? See issue #683 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
* Events *
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - GLAM Wiki Conference 2025 https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/7ZEIMLZEQXFLSXPT2N6FROB2TCMMKVVW/ - Program Call-for-Proposals: Deadline 15 June. - COSCUP 2025 (Q134950534) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134950534 Open Street Map x Wikidata Track https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/COSCUP_2025 - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Q699543) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q699543 9 August - 10 August.
* Press, articles, blog posts, videos *
- Blogs - Wikibase Faceted Search Released https://professional.wiki/en/news/wikibase-faceted-search-released (demo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKWpTQBrqk) - DecomissionedAircraftMap https://github.com/watmildon/DecomissionedAircraftMap (see tool below) - The Decommissioned Aircraft Map project uses Wikidata to enhance its mapping of historic aircraft by pulling images from linked Wikidata entries. Users can contribute by adding or correcting Wikidata tags on OpenStreetMap, ensuring accurate representation of aircraft locations and visuals. By Watmildon. - Videos: Querying Wikidata using tools such as QuickStatements and Petscan https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aDVeeym9Dpg - Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
* Tool of the week *
- Wikidata Visualization https://dataviz.toolforge.org/: a visualization tool for Wikidata SPARQL queries - DecomissionedAircraftMap https://overpass-ultra.us/#map&query=url:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/watmildon/DecomissionedAircraftMap/refs/heads/main/AircraftMap.ultra&m=0.87/0/0 (as a demonstration of the power of OpenStreetMap into Wikidata): pulls geodata for displayed aircraft from OpenStreetMap and generates thumbnails from linked Wikidata entries. - Query split tester http://tiago.bio.br/query-split-tester (Beta): webtool to see the impact on the graph split on your SPARQL query.
* Other Noteworthy Stuff *
- Nominations for the Coolest Tools Award https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award 2025 are open. Nominate your favorite tool! Nominations are due by the 25th of this month already.
* 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 - breed belongs to taxon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13612 (taxon to which members of this breed (or these breeds) belong) - Newest External identifiers: CARLA ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13611, Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13613, ThinkyGames genre ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13614 - New External identifier property proposals to review: - worn on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/worn_on (part of the body where an item of clothing, equipment, or jewelry is worn) - rewards this type of work https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/rewards_this_type_of_work (kind of work for which an award is given) - sign meaning https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/sign_meaning () - trailer of https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/trailer_of (works that this trailer video represents) - External identifiers: Facebook image ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Facebook_image_ID, DE-BIAS ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/DE-BIAS_ID, Author identifier in FragTrag https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Author_identifier_in_FragTrag, Niedersächsische Personen-ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Nieders%C3%A4chsische_Personen-ID, FBref match ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FBref_match_ID, FBref competition ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/FBref_competition_ID
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
* Did you know? *
- Query examples: - A visual representation of the birthplaces and death places of women medical doctors who qualified in the UK between 1877 and 1914. https://w.wiki/EKb5 (source https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Place_of_birth_to_Place_of_Death_-_arrow_indicator? ) - Distinct languages of Wikidata Lexemes https://w.wiki/6RiP - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: EMCO Wikidata CoP https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_PCC_EMCO_Wikidata_CoP - EMCO promotes the discovery and use of the world’s knowledge by supporting metadata producers in library and other cultural heritage communities. - Showcase Items https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items: The Times (Q50008) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50008 - British daily national newspaper based in London - Showcase Lexemes https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes: right (L3348) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L3348 - English adjective (rīt) meaning "opposite of left", "correct/just", or "politically conservative"
* Development *
- Mobile editing: - Share your feedback on the new prototype that brings statement editing on Items to mobile https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/GX3FR7E6ASLEOP7LLKXTYCJ6O34QX3QJ/ . - We continued base work for making editing statements on mobile possible. - Simple search is now available in the Wikibase REST API! You can find information and leave feedback here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round. - Lexemes: We’re working on a WikibaseLexeme error that happens when trying to revert the deletion of a form that was already undeleted ( phab:T392372 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392372)
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