*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in theweek leading up to 2026-04-07. Missed the previous one? See issue #725 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions* - Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Oversight: EPIC (2) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Oversight/EPIC_(2)> (RfP scheduled to end at 9 April 2026 12:35 UTC) - New requests for permissions/Bot: - ChooseLocal <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/ChooseLocal> - *Task/s:* Read-only harvest of Wikidata entities (businesses, banks, etc.) by country, for use in a Canadia-centric local business directory. - JigildikBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/JigildikBot> - *Task/s:* Sitelink Management: Connecting newly created articles on kaa.wiki to their corresponding Wikidata items using Pywikibot. Label and Description Updates: Adding or updating Karakalpak (kaa) labels and descriptions for various items (especially geographical and biographical items) using OpenRefine. - JJPMaster (bot) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/JJPMaster_(bot)> - *Task/s:* Automatically add sitelinks for Abstract Wikipedia articles - TracklisterBot <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/TracklisterBot> - *Task/s:* Adding missing external identifiers to Wikidata items for music artists, sourced from Tracklister (Q138905706 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138905706>), a music database that aggregates data from 20+ platforms. Properties: Discogs artist ID ( P1953 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1953>), Spotify artist ID (P1902 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1902>), SoundCloud ID (P3040 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3040>), Bandcamp ID (P3283 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3283>), Beatport artist ID (P5765 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5765>), Deezer artist ID (P2722 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2722>), Last.fm ID (P3192 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3192>), AllMusic artist ID (P1728 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1728>), Apple Music artist ID (P2850 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2850>), Tidal artist ID (P11853 <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P11853>). Each claim includes a reference with stated in: Tracklister + reference URL pointing to the artist's page on tracklist.live. - Closed request for permissions/Bot: Dušan Kreheľ (bot) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Du%C5%A1an_Krehe%C4%BE_(bot)> (approved) *Events* - Upcoming events <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>: - The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Events#Office_hours> will take place on Wednesday, 18:00 CEST <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1775664000>, 08th April 2026 in the Wikidata Telegram group <https://t.me/joinchat/IeCRo0j5Uag1qR4Tk8Ftsg>. The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase. - Blazegraph Migration Office Hours <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours_-_April_2026>: Blazegraph migeration office hours April edition is today, 7th January, 16:00 UTC <https://iw.toolforge.org/zonestamp/1774627200>. These sessions focus exclusively on supporting the migration away from Blazegraph as the backend of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). See the office hour page for details and future sessions <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Blazegraph_Migration_Office_Hours_-_April_2026> . - digiS Workshop: Wikidata für die Sammlungserschließung <https://wissenschaftliche-sammlungen.de/de/termine/digis-workshop-wikidata-fuer-die-sammlungserschliessung> - 20 April 2026, 10.00 CEST (08:00 UTC), this online workshop (held in German) will practice Wikidata skills across SPARQL, OpenRefine and QuickStatements with a focus on using Wikidata for GLAM Institutions. To register, visit the link. *Press, articles, blog posts, videos* - Blogs: - Wikidata graphs for data visualisation of endangered horse breeds in Wikipedia <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/04/wikidata-graphs-for-data-visualisation-of-endangered-horse-breeds-in-wikipedia/> By Tsaag Valren - Does country of birth have an effect on the probability to have a biography in French-language Wikipedia? <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fr:Wikip%C3%A9dia:RAW/2026-04-05#L'Atelier> (Le pays de naissance a-t-il un effet sur les chances d'avoir une biographie sur Wikipédia ?), published in RAW-Regards sur l'actualité de Wikimedia in Wikipedia in French. - (German) Wikidata ist ein teil von Wikimedia Enterprise <https://blog.wikimedia.de/2026/04/01/wikidata-ist-teil-von-wikimedia-enterprise> - an update from Wikimedia Germany on Wikidata's inclusion with Wikimedia Enterprise. - (German) How to edit nearby: Notizen für regionale Open GLAM-Labore und offene Daten <https://nearby.hypotheses.org/5479> by Jens Bemme. - Building the Dagbanli Dictionary’s Audio Pipeline: OGG, iOS, and Transcoding <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/03/17/building-the-dagbanli-dictionarys-audio-pipeline-ogg-ios-and-transcoding/>, by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai and Mohammed Awal Alhassan - Papers: - OntoKG: Ontology-Oriented Knowledge Graph Construction with Intrinsic-Relational Routing <https://arxiv.org/html/2604.02618v1> by Li *et al.,* (2026), includes a case study of cleaning and resolving entity labels and descriptions from a 100 million entity dump. - ENEIDE: A High Quality Silver Standard Dataset for Named Entity Recognition and Linking in Historical Italian <https://arxiv.org/html/2603.29801v1> by Santinia *et al.,* (2026), the ENEIDE dataset links over 2000 historical documents to 8,000+ Wikidata entities. - CADEL: A Corpus of Administrative Web Documents for Japanese Entity Linking <https://arxiv.org/html/2603.29336v1#S6> by Higashiyama *et al.,* (2026) - Videos: - Using content from Wikidata in your apps <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDdGRXSOP24>, lightning talk by Jan Ainali - 2025: OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Collaboration: Taiwan Case <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7cJNk2cZzBg&pp=0gcJCcQBo7VqN5tDiggCQAE%3D> - 2025: The Ugandan Geo Quests: Mapping Libraries and Museums into the Knowledge Commons <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZaBKr5pCLc&pp=iggCQAE%3D> - Using Wikidata for data enrichment in museums <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GomBxbkXZ00&pp=0gcJCcQBo7VqN5tDiggCQAE%3D> - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 1: What is Wikidata & Why Does It Matter? <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCYi3IJN3s&pp=iggCQAE%3D> - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 2: Wikidata Building Blocks <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UPea-60l3tA&pp=iggCQAE%3D> - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 3: Create an Account & Your First Edits <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdxNb-5Slw&pp=iggCQAE%3D> - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 4: First Edits: Adding References <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HsuydHCnpAE&pp=iggCQAE%3D> - Art + Feminism | Introduction to Wikidata – Module 5: Creating a New Item <https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5L7Htxi3Vs&pp=iggCQAE%3D> *Tool of the week* - An AI chat interface to Wikidata <https://wq42.toolforge.org/> by Santhosh Thottingal is a tool that gives answers to almost everything on Wikidata *Other Noteworthy Stuff* - Mobile editing user testing: Wikimedia Deutschland is planning new user tests for the mobile editing experience (including more data types as a beta feature) in late April–early May. Participants of all experience levels are welcome, and users of right‑to‑left scripts are especially encouraged to sign up. Register here <https://greatquestion.co/wikimediadeutschland/bo2e7e2a/apply>. Participants will be compensated for their time. - Wikidata's data is now also available via Wikimedia Enterprise APIs. (Wikimedia Enterprise blog post <https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/blog/wikidata-api-endpoints-wikimedia-enterprise/> , WMDE announcement <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata%E2%80%99s_data_will_be_available_through_Wikimedia_Enterprise> ) - Wikidata embedding <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Vector_Database>: The vectors of the embedding are now also published. - (Job vacancy) Engineering Manager, Wikidata Platform <https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/7543775?gh_src=94cfded01us&utm_source=MyJobMag:> (WMF) - (Job vacancy in Indonesian) Wikimedia Indonesia: Data and Technology Apprenticeship Vacancy, April-June 2026 <https://wikimedia.or.id/karier/lowongan-pemagang-data-dan-teknologi-wikimedia-indonesia-2026/> - apply by April 10. Duties include recording Wikidata editing tutorial videos, prepare datathons and training materials and events. - Research workshop on content verifiability in Wikidata: Researchers from King's College London (in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation) invite Wikidata contributors of all experience levels to a 2‑hour online workshop. Participants receive £90 compensation. Research details and registration <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Participatory_Auditing_AI_Tools_for_Information_Verifiability> . *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: - regional conservation status <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14254> (conservation status of species in national or regional Red List publications that follow the IUCN red list criteria) - PeerTube instance URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14256> (the PeerTube instance of/about the subject) - Newest External identifiers: PeerJ person ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14252>, RITVA corporate body ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14253>, Royal Air Force service number <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14255>, LUBW-RIPS hydroelectric power station-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14257>, Biorab-Frankfurt ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14258>, Minfin company ID for banks <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14259>, Wikiparfum perfumer ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14260>, Cultural heritage ID in Baden-Württemberg <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14261>, MangaBaka manga ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14262> - New General datatypes property proposals to review: - Wikimedia Commons content descriptor <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikimedia_Commons_content_descriptor> (Wikimedia Commons content descriptor which applies to this media file) - energy density <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/energy_density> (amount of energy extractable from a substance (e.g. in a combustion engine) per unit of volume or of mass) - main page URL <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/main_page_URL> (link to main page or item on website) - Bayerische Naturdenkmal-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Bayerische_Naturdenkmal-ID> (identifier for natural monuments in Bavaria (Germany), issued by the Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt) - election result <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/election_result> (map that displays the result of this election) - meta-category for <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/meta-category_for> (topic or class of items covered by the lowest categories in this meta-category's hierarchy) - Cast <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Cast> (Cast) - New External identifier property proposals to review: Mainline Station Heritage Artefacts Collection ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Mainline_Station_Heritage_Artefacts_Collection_ID> , lit.link ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/lit.link_ID>, WikiKids page ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/WikiKids_page_ID> , KuLaDig ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KuLaDig_ID>, Wikiparfum brand ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Wikiparfum_brand_ID> , Turkey district ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkey_district_ID> , Turkey province ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Turkey_province_ID> , OSDev <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/OSDev> , Giant Bomb Wiki ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Giant_Bomb_Wiki_ID> , Myrotvorets ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Myrotvorets_ID> , Fraktionsprotokolle.de-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Fraktionsprotokolle.de-ID> , KISTI article ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/KISTI_article_ID> , Irish State Administration Database Unit ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Irish_State_Administration_Database_Unit_ID> , Hessische Parlamentarismusgeschichte Abgeordneten-ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hessische_Parlamentarismusgeschichte_Abgeordneten-ID> , ocremix.org game ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/ocremix.org_game_ID> , Tube8 ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Tube8_ID>, YourPorn ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YourPorn_ID> You can comment on all open property proposals <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>! *Did you know?* - Query examples: Wikispecies pages linked to Wikidata items via a specific property <https://w.wiki/KssE> (example given: Family Name *(Q101352)*) - (source <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Request_a_query#Wikispecies_page_linked_to_a_items_with_a_specific_property> ) - Newest WikiProjects <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>: - Salon de Paris <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Salon_de_Paris> - a list of annual temporary exhibitions usually held in the Salon Carré of the Louvre Palace. - Mesocosms <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Mesocosms> - about modelling research infrastructure, processes and outcomes involving use of mesocosm (Q138857216) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138857216> *(experimental system to examine the natural environment under controlled conditions).* - Archive WikiProject for Wikimedia Indonesia February 2025 Datahon <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Indonesia/Kegiatan/Datathon/Arsip/2025> - WikiProject Highlights: Govdirectory: Eswatini <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Eswatini> - Newest database reports <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: Badged Items without Claims <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/badged_items_without_claims> - this report lists items that have received a badge (such as Good / Featured Article) but have 0 statements. - Showcase Items <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_items> : Académie Julian (Q337480) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337480> - former art school in Paris, France - Showcase Lexemes <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Showcase_lexemes>: kurugu (L724819) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L724819> - Dagbanli noun that translate to English as metal, harem trousers, hour or coin. *Development* - Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects: We are continuing to investigate how to reduce the number of irrelevant changes showing up in Recent changes and Watchlist by seeing if we can compare the articles before and after the Wikidata change and detect a change in the article (phab:T419823 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T419823>) - GraphQL: You can now do lookups using itemByExternalId and itemBySitelink - Mobile statement editing: We worked on fixing remaining bugs ( phab:T420585 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T420585>, phab:T420028 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T420028>, phab:T419586 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T419586>) 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: Eswatini <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Eswatini> - 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> *· Previous issue <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous> · JosefAnthony <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony> talk <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User_talk:JosefAnthony> ·*
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