*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2025-07-21. Missed the previous one? See issue #688.*
*Events* - Upcoming <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - Wikimedia and Open Knowledge Conference (survey) <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSyLv6rBOgxzPR8DmZ0QZNPr-wQJLs0uI8t2MyuBuTj4HTpA/viewform> is being planned for 2026 in Poland. This event is to focus on research carried out on or with Wikidata and Wikipedia. Your opinion is wanted! Please fill out the Google Forms survey to help the organisation committee plan. Also available in Polish <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc83qVh7W5QWzNUW8Cg9fL549RNS-s7Qut-UCE84N1OpoQwqw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=116673720641417865807> and Ukrainian <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMdwZ-aPhckKBoT6LNlS5ukVUCqdq8pI0o3nQNjjJR5798GA/viewform?usp=header> . - Wikimania 2025 Program <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program> is Live! This is also the time to add your Wikidata meetups. Please start marking your preferred Wikimania sessions (⭐/like) and mark to your mobile apps or calendars. If you are joining online to watch live stream and use the interactive features, please register on eventyay through wikimania.org (source <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/6HQZ6BJ6SESOOBRWHYVHCNJX4LXXZP24/> ) - Past: Missed the Q3 Wikidata+Wikibase office hour? You can catch up by reading the session log here: 2025-07-15 (Q3 2025) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events/Telegram_office_hour_2025-07-16> *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Papers: An educator framework for organizing Wikipedia editathons for computational biology <https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/41/Supplement_1/i12/8199389> (uses Wikidata to power the compbio-on-wiki.toolforge.org/ tool) *Tool of the week* - Wikinity <https://wikinity.toolforge.org/> A tool allowing you to find (un)photographed objects, so you can take a picture of them and send it to Wikidata. The tool was created By Martin Urbanec *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - The Call for Papers is now open for the Journal of Open Humanities Data special collection: "Wikidata across the Humanities: datasets, methodologies, reuse." This editorial will explore how Wikidata is transforming research and collaboration in the humanities. If you're working on a relevant project, submit your proposal here <https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/wikidata_across_the_humanities> - What belongs where in the Wikibase Ecosystem? There is ongoing research to better understand what people are currently thinking about this and you can take part by sorting some scenarios <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/BUMGCMKFFNMJQVZXD4K6Z23LLBHAHCCT/> . - Wikimedia Deutschland is inviting further feedback on the Mobile Editing Experience prototype <https://www.figma.com/proto/IdZ6rdm8FqDuLYIfQTvEer/ALICE-meets-MEX?page-id=0%3A1&node-id=3-9092&viewport=-14617%2C-894%2C0.76&t=jFYlzZdmBq4NcDU2-1&scaling=min-zoom&content-scaling=fixed> (currently just a design file so not everything is clickable). Please follow the instructions below and share your thoughts at Wikidata talk:Usability and usefulness/Item editing experience/Mobile editing of statements <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Usability_and_usefulness/Item_editing_experience/Mobile_editing_of_statements> : - Add "business woman" as an occupation - Add a start date to the relationship with A$AP Rocky and provide a reference - Find the place of birth (Saint Michael) and open that page - Add the coordinate location for Saint Michael *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 General datatypes: - matricule number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13637> (identifier for a football club affiliated with the Royal Belgian Football Association) - settlement classification <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13638> (type of settlement according to a topographical classification) - Polyhedron net <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13642> (a net of attached 2D polygon created for each polyhedron) - New External identifiers: National Library of Uruguay book ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13639>, The Jerusalem Post topic ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13640>, Physicians of Georgia Biographical Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13641>, eFloraMEX ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13643>, Theatre museums of Russia person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13644>, Georgian Athletes Biographical Dictionary ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13645>, Georgian Winemakers ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13646>, Ukrainian Book of Remembrance person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13647>, BORIS Portal Unibe ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13648>, Society for the Promotion of Literacy among Georgians Members ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13649>, Deaf Movie Database title ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P13650> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - identifiant Generation MSX d'un matériel <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_Generation_MSX_d%27un_mat%C3%A9riel> (hardware identifier in the Generation MSX database of MSX videogames) - Polish Taxpayer Identification Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Polish_Taxpayer_Identification_Number> (an identifier for an entity paying taxes in Poland) - official roster page <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/official_roster_page> (URL of a team's official page about this player) - transistor density <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/transistor_density> (density of transistors for classifying the complexity of discrete circuits) - Historische Bildpostkarten Universität Osnabrück - Entities <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Historische_Bildpostkarten_Universit%C3%A4t_Osnabr%C3%BCck_-_Entities> (Identificator for persons and publishers of historical picture postcards) - grave <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/grave> (grave of a person) - New External identifier property proposals to review: fanlore article id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/fanlore_article_id> , Afrikaregisteret ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Afrikaregisteret_ID> , Hong Kong company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hong_Kong_company_ID> , California Entity Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/California_Entity_Number> , Macanese company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Macanese_company_ID> , Corporation Number in Canada <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Corporation_Number_in_Canada> , QCC Code <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/QCC_Code>, Cyprus company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cyprus_company_ID> , Malta company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Malta_company_ID> , GEMI Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/GEMI_Number>, CUIT <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/CUIT>, Jamaica company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Jamaica_company_ID> , SEC Number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SEC_Number>, Mã số doanh nghiệp <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/M%C3%A3_s%E1%BB%91_doanh_nghi%E1%BB%87p> , movieID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/movieID>, Thailand company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Thailand_company_ID> , PCPartPicker chipset ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/PCPartPicker_chipset_ID> , gosfilmofond.ru ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/gosfilmofond.ru_ID> , Directorio de museos del Sistema de Información Cultural <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Directorio_de_museos_del_Sistema_de_Informaci%C3%B3n_Cultural> , Burmese company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Burmese_company_ID> , Cambodian company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cambodian_company_ID> , Georgian Encyclopedia ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Georgian_Encyclopedia_ID> , Vintagepostcards-Archive-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Vintagepostcards-Archive-ID> , MacPorts port <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/MacPorts_port> , Berardi Arte artist ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Berardi_Arte_artist_ID> , Adult Film Database director ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Adult_Film_Database_director_ID> , Elonet company ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Elonet_company_ID> , dvdcompare.net film id <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/dvdcompare.net_film_id> , SpaceReference.org celestial object ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/SpaceReference.org_celestial_object_ID> , English solicitors ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/English_solicitors_ID> , Deaf Movie Database person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Deaf_Movie_Database_person_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: - Mathematical formulae containing HTML escapes https://w.wiki/EoeL] - Most frequent objects depicted on coats of arms <https://w.wiki/9Ygr> (source <https://wikis.world/@[email protected]/112162949851779659>) - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Finding Forrester (Q1140439) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140439> - 2000 film directed by Gus Van Sant - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: Września (L1372236) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L1372236> - Polish proper noun (ˈvʐɛɕ.ɲa) meaning "September (month)", "town in Greater Poland", or "village in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship" *Development* - Wikibase REST API: We have enabled the new Item Prefix Search endpoint on wikidata. You can try it out now with a call like this: https://www.wikidata.org/w/rest.php/wikibase/v0/suggest/items?language=en&q=potat If you have feedback please leave it at Wikidata talk:REST API feedback round <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:REST_API_feedback_round> - Additional APIs: We are looking a bit more into GraphQL and what it could offer to make programmatic access to Wikidata's data better. - Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We enabled showing the labels of entities in edit summaries in recent changes and watchlist. Now you no longer have to click to get to Wikidata and check what is behind a mystery ID in an edit summary coming from Wikidata. - Mobile statement editing: We are working on formatting references, qualifiers, various data types and multiple statements for one property. We are planning to enable the new mobile UI on Beta Wikidata soon. Important: For now it is a read-only UI, as we have not started to implement editing yet, and some data types won’t have the correct appearance yet. 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: Vietnam <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Vietnam> - 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> -- Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony) Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate Contributor, Wikidata Weekly Summary https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Weekly_Summary/Team https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/JosefAnthony <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/JosefAnthony> https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-anthony-b17792225/
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