* Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the week leading up to 2025-04-22. Missed the previous one? See issue #675 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_04_14>. Translations are available <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Current>*
* Events * - Upcoming <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: Yunlin Liu Fang Tien Shang Sheng Mu OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Workshop <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Taiwan/Wikidata_Taiwan/2025%E5%B9%B44%E6%9C%88%E9%9B%B2%E6%9E%97%E7%B6%AD%E5%9F%BA%E8%A1%97%E6%99%AF%E8%B8%8F%E6%9F%A5%E5%9C%98%E6%9A%A8%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C%E5%9D%8A> April 27 Time: 09:30-17:00 UTC+8 at Tuku Township (Q708809) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708809> Red Altar (Hongtan). - Past: Missed the Q2 Wikidata+Wikibase office hour? You can catch up by reading the session log here: 2025-04-16 (Q2 2025) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2025-04-16> * Press, articles, blog posts, videos * - Blogs - qjson: Fetching all properties of a Wikidata item in a single API call <https://thottingal.in/blog/2025/04/15/qjson/> By Santhosh Thottingal - A Wikibase call for action at the Wikimedia Hackathon 2025 <https://olea.org/diario/2025/04/14/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2025-proposals-Wikibase.html> By Ismael Olea - Putting UK collections on the map <https://museumdata.uk/blog/putting-uk-collections-on-the-map/> by the Museum Data Service - The April 2025 Scholia Hackathon <https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2025/04/20/the-april-2025-scholia-hackathon.html> by Egon Willighagen - Papers - Talking Wikidata: Communication Patterns and Their Impact on Community Engagement in Collaborative Knowledge Graphs <https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/talking-wikidata-communication-patterns-and-their-impact-on-commu> - Investigative study on Wikidata discussions, revealing that the community is generally inclusive and conflict is rare, but many controversial topics lack consensus, and valuable contributors disengage early. By Koutsiana et. al., (2025) - Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited <https://zenodo.org/records/15226371> - By Latham (2025) - Videos - Wiki Workshop 2025 - Wikidata Inconsistencies with Language Models and Data Mining in a Pipeline <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWoNZLBj7mM> by Houcemeddine Turki - (Italian) Cla-G, an instance of Wikibase as a tool to support game classification <https://youtube.com/dL9JEfHpU68?si=RXymgDS8-ZE687aE> by Carlo Bianchini - Other - Wikidata & Wikibase for Authority Control & Knowledge Organization Workshop <https://x.com/afliacon/status/1908928893727211669?s=46> By AfLIA - Mastodon bot <https://github.com/oolonek/daily-lotus> that "highlights natural compounds found in plants, fungi, bacteria or animals — and includes Wikidata references and visual structure depictions." *Tool of the week* - User:Spinster/Wikidata references made easier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/User:Spinster/Wikidata_references_made_easier>: The script helps in adding references to statements, in order to provide context for our data, make the data more reliable, transparent and trustworthy for anyone who uses it . * Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Registration is open for a Wikidata ontology course led by Peter Patel-Schneider and Ege Doğan. To register, email pfpschneider[image: @] gmail.com with your Wikidata username and a brief note on your interest. The course starts 1 May, with weekly lectures on Thursdays from 1–3pm EDT (skipping 29 May and 12 June). Space may be limited; priority goes to those already interested. Participants should know Wikidata, attend sessions, complete weekly exercises (~1 hour), and join a group project. Details: Course page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Ontology/Ontology_Course> - Wikifunctions <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Main_Page> is now integrated with Dagbani Wikipedia since April 15. It is the first project that will be able to call functions from Wikifunctions and integrate them in articles. - Wikidata job openings at the The Wikimedia Foundation - Lead Product Manager, Wikidata Platform <https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/6814912> (remote) - Tech Lead, Wikidata Platform <https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/6816145> (remote) *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: - number of texture mapping units <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13430> (number of texture mapping units in a graphics processing unit) - Newest External identifiers: Saarland Biografien ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13429>, A Dictionary of Education entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13431>, Cultural Heritage in Japan site ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13432>, BirdLife DataZone site ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13433>, BirdLife DataZone species ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13434>, Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13435>, Internet-Portal „Westfälische Geschichte“ person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13436>, Chtyvo author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13437>, Homosaurus ID (V4) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13438> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - terminal speaker <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/terminal_speaker> () - organization code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/organization_code> (the organization code of the organization item. Should either be used with qualifier property {{Q|P459}} to specify which system being used, or be used as the qualifier of {{P|31}}.) - organization unit code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/organization_unit_code> (the organization unit code of the organization unit/part/(sub)division item. Should either be used with qualifier property {{Q|P459}} to specify which system being used, or be used as the qualifier of {{P|31}}.) - Picture composition <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Picture_composition> (Description of a picture composition (design rules) analogous to the Commons category “[[:commons:Category:Picture composition]]”) - MANDALA Tibetan Living Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MANDALA_Tibetan_Living_Dictionary_ID> (entry for a lexeme in the Tibetan Living Dictionary by MANDALA) - Monarque régnant <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Monarque_r%C3%A9gnant> (Person who has held or is holding the role of king, queen, sultan, or other monarch at the head of a kingdom or empire.) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Moure's Catalog ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Moure%27s_Catalog_ID>, MobyGames attribute ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MobyGames_attribute_ID>, Número RPJ <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/N%C3%BAmero_RPJ>, Identificador de obra no Catálogo Mourisco <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identificador_de_obra_no_Cat%C3%A1logo_Mourisco>, IPRESS ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IPRESS_ID>, TeamUSA.com athlete ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/TeamUSA.com_athlete_ID>, IEC document kind classification code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/IEC_document_kind_classification_code>, Europe PMC Preprint identifier <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Europe_PMC_Preprint_identifier>, Snopes ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Snopes_ID>, A Dictionary of Media and Communication entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Dictionary_of_Media_and_Communication_entry_ID>, Black Sea Cultural Inventory ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Black_Sea_Cultural_Inventory_ID>, PyPI organization name <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PyPI_organization_name>, PlayStation Museum product ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PlayStation_Museum_product_ID>, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/The_Concise_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Archaeology_entry_ID>, A Dictionary of Public Health entry ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/A_Dictionary_of_Public_Health_entry_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know? * - Query examples: - All Genres of Classical Musical Compositions and their Labels in English and German <https://w.wiki/Dk9f> (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#All_Genres_of_Classical_Musical_Compositions_and_their_Labels_in_English_and_German> ) - WikiProject Highlights: Taiwan Travel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Taiwan/Travel> - aims to create travel related items about Taiwan - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Pete's Dragon (Q18786473) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18786473> - 2016, film by David Lowery - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Bill (L3855) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L3855> - English noun (/bɪl/) that can mean "invoice", "proposed law", "bird's beak", or "a given name": * Development * - Wikidata changes in watchlist and recent changes on Wikipedia and co: We are continuing the work on making the edit summaries more understandable (phab:T386200 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T386200>) - Wikibase REST API: We are continuing to build out the simple search functionality (phab:T389011 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T389011>) - Dark mode: We are fixing a few remaining issues with dark mode support in the Vector 2022 theme (phab:T389633 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T389633>) 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/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Newest_properties_and_property_proposals_to_review> . - Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next#Did_you_know?> . - Govdirectory weekly focus country: Chile <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Chile> - Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/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/Special:MyLanguage/User:Pasleim/projectmerge> across Wikimedia projects . - Help write the next summary! <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Next> -- Mohammed S. 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