Hi James, Thanks for the suggestion. Instant Commons is indeed a great example of seamless reuse, and we agree an “Instant Wikidata” integration could be very useful. It’s on our radar, but given the range of current reuse scenarios, our immediate focus is on making it easier for as many developers and reusers as possible to access and integrate Wikidata's data into their own tools and workflows.
That said we’d love to hear more about what an Instant Wikidata feature would look like for you. This will help us decide how and when to tackle this “Instant” use case alongside other reuse focused initiatives. Cheers, - Mohammed ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: James Heilman <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 at 15:36 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wiki-research-l] Announcement: Wikidata's Strategic Direction for 2025 To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> We have InstantCommons which allows the easy use of Commons files on any mediawiki install. If we truly want others to "increasing reuse our data" we need the equivalent for Wikidata. Hopefully this is planned? James On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM Danny Benjafield < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> As part of Wikimedia Deutschland’s 2030 Strategic Direction and in close >> collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the Wikidata team has >> set its priorities for 2025 around 4 core themes: ensuring Wikidata can >> continue to grow sustainably, strengthening the diverse community of >> editors, increasing reuse our data, and refining the underlying platform >> services that power everything we build together. >> >> We chose these focuses because, first, as Wikidata’s size and impact >> expand, > > What data is this statement about Wikidata's expanding impact based on? > (I.e., how does Wikimedia Deutschland define and measure Wikidata's > impact?) > > >> it’s crucial that we build systems and policies that keep our >> infrastructure healthy and our data dependable. Second, our community >> remains at the heart of everything we do -- whether someone contributes >> the >> first statement to a brand new Item or runs complex queries that power >> research and apps. Finally, by refining data access methods “as a service” >> across our ecosystem, we’ll open the door for all our product teams and >> third-party developers to build meaningful services and applications that >> create positive impact. >> >> Supporting sustainable growth means two things this year. >> >> We’ll partner with the Wikibase teams to improve federated SPARQL queries. >> This would allow you pull data seamlessly from multiple Wikibase instances >> lowering the barrier to hosting some data in other parts of the Wikibase >> Ecosystem, ensuring everyone can continue to access and edit data >> reliably. >> At the same time, we’ll have conversations about data governance >> guidelines >> together with the Cloud and Suite teams and the wider Wikidata community. >> This way it's always obvious where different kinds of data belong. That >> clarity helps editors make confident decisions, reduces duplicate work, >> and >> lays the foundation for new projects that can flourish alongside Wikidata >> itself. >> >> Strengthening the Wikidata community means making every step of >> contribution easier and more rewarding. >> >> Mobile editing has grown in recent years, yet adding or updating >> statements >> on a phone still forces many users into “desktop view.” We’ll roll out a >> prototype that will make editing statements on mobile phones easier. To >> help more advanced editors and tool builders, we’ll continue growing the >> visibility and documentation around EntitySchemas, so that editors >> everywhere can adopt these powerful templates and can integrate them out >> of >> the box. And of course, we’ll bring people together through online and >> in-person events such as WikidataCon, regional capacity‑building campaigns >> in Africa, meetups at Wikimania and other conferences, XXX Days events >> like >> Data Reuse Days and Lexico Days, and more. By connecting newcomers with >> experienced mentors, by highlighting local hubs where editors can support >> each other, and by linking each Item back to its relevant WikiProjects, >> we’ll nurture more active, diverse, and resilient communities. >> >> Our third focus area is Increasing mission-aligned data reuse >> >> The Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata_For_Wikimedia_Projects> team >> will >> improve the editing experience and increase productivity of Wikipedia >> contributors by making it easier for editors to monitor, understand, and >> act on changes to their watchlisted articles when the edit comes from >> Wikidata. Displaying Wikidata edits in Watchlist and Recent Changes pages >> is an opt-in feature of the user preferences; our aim is to increase >> awareness, adoption, and utility of this function by summer 2026. >> In parallel, we will raise awareness and contributors’ understanding of >> the >> Wikidata integrations currently being used in the Wikimedia Projects >> through a community outreach project by hosting an online conference, >> Wikidata >> and Sister Projects >> <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Wikidata_and_Sister_Projects>, >> dedicated to celebrating and informing Wikimedians of the many ways >> Wikidata currently supports the Wikimedia Projects. Additionally, we are >> reviewing the available documentation on Wikidata integrations to ensure >> it >> is updated, comprehensive, and available in multiple core languages. >> >> Refining platform services “as a service” is our fourth focus area. >> >> We’ll refine data access methods so Wikidata's data can be reused to build >> meaningful services and applications. Specifically, we'll build out search >> capabilities in the REST API so developers can discover and query data >> more >> easily. We’ll ensure the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) is optimized for >> its >> core strength of supporting queries that need the graph -- keeping it fast >> and reliable under complex workloads. Finally, we’ll improve our data >> dumps >> to provide more accessible snapshots and subsets of Wikidata’s data. >> >> What does this mean for you? >> >> If you’re a mobile‑first contributor, editing from your phone will become >> smooth and straightforward. If you’re a developer or researcher, you’ll >> gain powerful new search endpoints in the REST API, a finely tuned >> Wikidata >> Query Service for graph-centric queries, and cleaner, more timely data >> dumps to build on. If you organize or participate in events, you’ll find >> more support and clearer pathways to grow local hubs and share best >> practices. If you’re leveraging Wikidata’s data to support your workflows >> and content in other Wikimedia projects, you’ll have access to current >> use-cases, examples and better documentation to refer to. Ultimately, >> every >> update we make in this period is designed to give you more confidence, >> more >> choice, and more impact as you add, improve, and reuse the world’s free >> structured knowledge. >> >> We’ll keep you posted on progress throughout the year and as always, >> welcome your questions and feedback on [talk page]. >> > It seems that some links are missing. Perhaps this refers to the talk page > of > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Development_plan/Wikidata_2025-2028 > ? > >> >> Thank you for your efforts to drive Wikidata forward. >> >> Best regards, >> >> The Wikidata Team >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland >> -- >> *Danny Benjafield* >> Community Communications Manager >> Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin >> Phone: +49 (0)30-577 11 62-0 >> https://wikimedia.de >> >> Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, >> Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now. >> <https://www.wikimedia.de/newsletter/> >> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the >> sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! >> https://spenden.wikimedia.de >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. 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