*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-08-10. Missed the previous one? See issue #743 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous.*
*Discussions*
- The order of properties on Wikidata is governed by MediaWiki/Wikibase-SortedProperties https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Wikibase-SortedProperties. We propose moving (P2559) Wikidata usage instructions https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2559 to the top, so important guidance is more visible and less likely to be overlooked. To comment on this change, please visit MediaWiki_talk#prominently displaying (P2559) https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk#prominently_displaying_Wikidata_usage_instructions_(P2559) . - Closed request for comments: *19* RfC's were closed recently, too many to list here. Please see the RfC page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment#Closed_requests for more information.
*Events*
- Upcoming events https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events: - (Deutsch) nfdi4 / Workshop: Make Research Software Findable using the Software Marketplace Wikidata https://www.nfdi4objects.net/events/n4o_activity_20260818-CM26-RS_Wikidata/, 18.08.2026, 14:00–16:00 CEST (register for Zoom-link https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/1439bb751afd1e9fc42ebc30069eb685-1762199 ) - Improving Wikidata References: The hands-on session will explore how to identify and improve broken references on Wikidata https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:WMUK_Sandbox_Sessions/Improving_Wikidata_References:_The_Reference_Validator_Tool , 15.08.2026, 17:00–18:00 WAT (UTC+1). - Looking ahead: (Deutsch) Freie Universitat / Tidy data version control - Wikidata in research https://www.fu-berlin.de/kalender/2026/10/20261022-tidy-data-versionskontrolle-wikidata-in-der-forschungspraxis.html: 22.10.2026, 09:00 - 16:00 CEST. - Previous events: August 04 - Blazegraph Migration office hour https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours_-_Aug_2026 - see the Etherpad notes https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours for questions and answers.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs: - gdottv / The Weekly Edge article: demonstrating the Wikidata Query Logs (WDQL) Dataset https://gdotv.com/blog/the-weekly-edge-fraud-graphs-graphtalk-gfql-wikidata-graphrag/#edge-item-4 talks about a paper released in February this year, (Wikidata Query Logs Dataset https://arxiv.org/html/2602.14594v1) - (LinkedIn) - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brian-hatten-434b7457_orthopedicsurgery-kneereplacement-knowledgegraph-activity-7465395166682583040-v0qH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAUVbMUB9qSIcEDloiodU_ZoBrIi4-bJtT8 User:Orthodoc10 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Orthodoc10 describes their experience mapping and modelling knee replacement surgical practices into Wikidata - Wikisignals.org: Helping Editors Evaluate Reference Reliability https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/08/07/wikisignals-org-helping-editors-evaluate-reference-reliability/ - Zero-budget programs you could start tommorrow - Lessons from Wikimania Paris https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/08/07/zero-budget-programs-you-could-start-tommorrow/ ] - OpenSpeaks Tools Update: Subtitler, Tome, and Bento Go Stable — Meet Media Dashboard https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/08/07/openspeaks-tools-update-subtitler-tome-and-bento-go-stable-meet-media-dashboard/ - [[Diffblog:a-look-at-a-2026-wikimania-hackathon-project-wikidata-bias-detector|A look at a 2026 Wikimania Hackathon Project – Wikidata Bias Detector] - nlnet Foundation / Inventaire Split https://nlnet.nl/project/Inventaire-Split/ - a short article on this standalone Wikidata-federated Bibliographic database. - Maltese national Book Council and WM Malta renew partnerhship https://ktieb.org.mt/news-en/nbc-and-wikimedia-malta-renew-collaboration-on-national-book-prize/: Wikidata to support and feed Maltese Wikipedia. - [Diffblog:wikisignals-org-helping-editors-evaluate-reference-reliability|Wikisignals.org: Helping Editors Evaluate Reference Reliability] - the project aims to add to news-related organisation entities to help feed Wikipedia infoboxes with structured data. - Videos: - India's Software Stories: A Hands-on Workshop with Software Heritage, Commons and Wikidata https://www.youtube.com/live/saeV6bZ7cIk?t=25105s - a Wikimania Lightning talk with Mathilde Fichen and Pavan Santhosh. (Session page https://wikimedia.eventyay.com/wm/wikimania2026/talk/review/EYFQXB9WHFAR9WATXTEUFSKADEVWMCP9 ) - The Art of Editing Wikidata (Africa Wiki Women) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJq1926Jz5Q - Guest host David Palfrey will share valuable insights and help newcomers uncover the mysteries of editing Wikidata, this session is in collaboration with Art+Feminism. - (no audio) Tutorial: Add Geoshape to Wikimedia Commons and connect it to its Wikidata Item https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbPTX18I4Q - Anne Chen gives a visual demonstration of the steps provided in this google doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1FNy9NztkmxE2MhBds2caHGcxMNSNvgXnLfeJsAosw/edit?tab=t.0, found on the WikiProject IDEA https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_IDEA/Resources_for_Participants#Links_to_useful_tutorials page. - LIVE Wikidata Editing #124 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9infd-TJ6z8 is streaming today, 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC)! - (Bahasa Indonesian) Wikimedia Indonesia https://www.youtube.com/@WikimediaIndonesia/videos have released 4 short videos on editing practices, querying, basic structure and data quality of Wikidata. - (Deutsch) ZB MED LAB | The Carpentries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLH0W0coIw8 - aimed at researchers and professionals who work with data, a series of tutorials and workshops to teach you Wikidata, Python, R, OpenRefine and more.
*Tool of the week*
- Cradle-gadget https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/tools/cradle-gadget is a tool by User:Danielyepezgarces https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:DanielyepezgarcesThis is an interactive, schema-based form editor that works directly within Wikidata item pages. It allows users to check, view, add, modify, or delete claims in a modern sidebar drawer or a dedicated special page, aligned with the Wikimedia design guidelines. This is the easiest way to exploit the benefits of Wikidata entity schemas, powered by ShEx.
*Other Noteworthy Stuff*
- The 2026 OpenRefine User Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv4BEQqn-sSsJNvIFCRgMDpr_K59Y0UjdXx5rO8MzAs4CRjw/viewform is now open. (Note that a link to a feature-prioritization survey is provided at the end of the Google Form so don't miss that if you want to influence what should get more focus.)
*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: - particularly https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14755 (qualifier for statements to refine a value that applies more generally, when the statement applies especially to a more specific value; a more specific qualifier than "including" (P1012)) - incumbent before dissolution https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14766 (entity incumbent in a position before its dissolution for an election) - External identifiers: CINE21 TV program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14737, GCD character ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14738, ODiD ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14739, 365chess.com tournament ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14740, NHK ONE program ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14741, CINE21 company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14742, Fmfenxiang seiyuu ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14743, Fmfenxiang sound ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14744, Elite Prospects team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14745, Elite Prospects stadium ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14746, r-hockey.ru team ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14747, Classicalive artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14748, Apple Maps place id https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14749, HAND ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14750, Brazilian Fauna Taxonomic Catalogue ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14751 , Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14752, Giovani Artisti italiani ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14753, MusiciansPage artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14754, LinkedIn numeric company ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14756, MissEvan voice actor ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14757, Music & Opera artist ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14758, Dubbinfo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14759, GAS actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14760, EU Treaties and Agreements database ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14761 , syukou-club(X-DIABLO) actress ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14762, sukumizu.tv model ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14763, Paradise TV Person ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14764, Regional heritage of Wallonia ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14765 - New property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal to review: - General datatypes: - filing unit code https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/filing_unit_code - has Member https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_Member (has member) - introduced to https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/introduced_to (region outside the natural range of a taxon into which it was introduced through direct or indirect human activity) - External identifiers: Lift-World lift ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Lift-World_lift_ID , Schiffsdatenliste ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Schiffsdatenliste_ID , marketswiki https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/marketswiki , National Palace Museum Digital Archive ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/National_Palace_Museum_Digital_Archive_ID , Information Commissioner's Office registration reference https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Information_Commissioner%27s_Office_registration_reference , Registry of Type Design ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Registry_of_Type_Design_ID , Ariana Museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Ariana_Museum_ID , Emulation General Wiki article ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Emulation_General_Wiki_article_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal immovable object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_GIS_Portal_immovable_object_ID , Sofia monuments register ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Sofia_monuments_register_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal museum ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_GIS_Portal_museum_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal movable object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_GIS_Portal_movable_object_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal stone carving ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_GIS_Portal_stone_carving_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal protection zone ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_GIS_Portal_protection_zone_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal wall painting ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_GIS_Portal_wall_painting_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal documentation record ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_GIS_Portal_documentation_record_ID , Georgian Cultural Heritage Portal movable object ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Cultural_Heritage_Portal_movable_object_ID , RIdIM ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/RIdIM_ID, Weibo ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weibo_ID , Weibo username https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Weibo_username
You can comment on all open property proposals https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview!
*Did you know?*
- Query examples: Ten longest State of the Union adress in the USA https://w.wiki/TGHU - Schema examples: object with inscription https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E519 - schema for objects with inscriptions (Q1640824) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1640824 - Newest WikiProjects https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects: - Project Brigham Young University Library https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Brigham_Young_University_Library - Project Perth Women on Wikipedia https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Perth_Women_on_Wikipedia - Project UC Riverside Library Jay Kay Klein Photographs https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_UC_Riverside_Library_Jay_Kay_Klein_Photographs - WikiProject Highlights: Project Ontology https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Metaclasses added a Metaclasses page - Newest database reports https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports: Sitelink statistics https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Pasleim/Sitelink_statistics by User:Pasleim.
*Development*
- Sustainability: We continued the work on migrating usage tracking on Wikipedia and co to the extension database cluster (phab:T424185 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T424185) - Watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and co: We finished our review of a sample of Wikidata edits sent to Wikidata and co in order to better understand which remaining ones are not useful. It will soon be published on Commons. - Query Service: We continued the work on preparing the Query Service UI for the migration from Blazegraph to QLever and will move to Query Builder and Quality Constraints next
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: Seychelles https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Seychelles - 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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