*Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in
theweek leading up to 2026-10-05. Missed the previous one? See issue #751
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Status_updates/Previous>.*
*Discussions*
- New requests for permissions/Bot:
- SaadBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/SaadBot>
- *Task/s:* A read-only (no edits) entity lookups for an academic
research project building a relation triplet extraction (RTE)
dataset from
web text.
- OKA bot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/OKA_bot>
- *Tasks:* Improve Wikidata items using authoritative open datasets,
e.g., national mapping data and reference works: add sources, fill gaps,
create missing items and report conflicts from the *Swisstopo* dataset
and its subsets.
- FoxfindingBot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/FoxfindingBot>
- *Task/s:* Passively enrich existing Wikidata games with gog.com
metadata
- Wahl.de Bot
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Wahl.de_Bot>
- *Task/s:* Keep mandate data of German parliamentary members
current. Edits to *end date (P582)*, *successor/replaced by
(P1366)*, *start
time (P580)*, *parliamentary term (P2937)*retrieved and sourced from
official sources.
- New request for comments: Wikidata:Requests for comment/Split needed
from Q4167836
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_comment/Split_needed_from_Q4167836>:
Split Wikimedia category *(Q4167836)*
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4167836> into two items, because one is
for MediaWiki non-main namespace *(Q35252665)*
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35252665> and the other is for Wikimedia
project page *(Q14204246)* <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14204246>
*Events*
- Upcoming events
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Events>:
- On October 9 ends up the early-bird registration with its reduced
fees for MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2026
<https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conference_Fall_2026>,
November 11-13, at Jožef Stefan Institute (Q5918873)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5918873>. The program is already set
up!
- Wikidata's 14th birthday *(Q139103554)*
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139103554> in Taiwan: Wikidata
Cross-Domain Forum 2026
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Fourteenth_Birthday/Taiwan>,
24 Oct 2026.
- (Deutsch) Wikidata Writing Workshop
<https://www.aarauinfo.ch/event/eP0MjgtY>, takes place Saturday, 31
October, 10:00 to 13:00 CEST at the Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, Obere
Vorstadt 6, 5000 Aarau.
*Press, articles, blog posts, videos*
- Blogs:
- (Deutsch) Domus – an open data project on the history of houses
<https://www.compgen.de/2026/10/video-meeting-domus-projekt-zur-haeusergeschichte/>
-
Wikidata and FactGrid Wikibase combine to help build a map visualiser.
- WikiNusantara 2026: a second chance in Makassar
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/04/wikinusantara-2026-a-second-chance-in-makassar>
- N-RICH: a new Wikimedia Project to explore Wikidata as a connective
layer for UK cultural heritage infrastructure
<https://www.nationalcollection.org.uk/events/news/launching-n-rich-wikimedia-project>
- Videos:
- (Short) Schomburg Center’s 2026 Wikidata Edit-a-thon during the New
York Black and African Literature Festival
<https://www.instagram.com/reels/DeAfcHjRYBb/>
- RLUK DSF | Linked data and the research library
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqBKhxP_QoU> - explores how
libraries are engaging with linked data (including Wikidata) and
what this
means for metadata creation, management, and discovery.
- Wikidata 14th Birthday Celebration stream
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xmELa8KZkU> with Africa Wiki Women.
- AI BRIDGES Open Forum meeting
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS0BZF5WhRg>, the September 2026
meeting, showcasing updates from the DARIAH’s DHWiki working group on
Wikibase.
- Exploring networks of artists and scientists
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUJPT8w6NHk> with the Wikidata Query
Service.
- (Spanish) What does Wikidata contribute to open library data?
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ5hWv7xW9s> with Elena Sánchez
Nogales.
- LD4 Conference streams:
- Sessions 1 / Building more complete and linked GLAM datasets: The
Smithsonian’s (In)Visible Women’s Project
<https://youtube.com/watch?v=8tJ5E4i7rgw&t=490>
- Sessions 2 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKkEd3OCEs>, incl.
- EMCO: Entity management for everyone
<https://youtube.com/watch?v=LeKkEd3OCEs?t=4715>
- Using Wikidata to identify duplicates in the Library of Congress
Name Authority File (LCNAF)
<https://youtube.com/watch?v=LeKkEd3OCEs?t=6476>
- From Wikidata to Our Collection Management System: Automating
GIS Import for Cultural Heritage Data
<https://youtube.com/watch?v=LeKkEd3OCEs?t=7052>
- Sessions 4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CkLue6pZys> including
Finding where to contribute on Wikidata with Dustpan and Broomstick.
Wikidata is mentioned throughout the stream.
- Sessions 5 / Reduced Fuzziness in Semantic Kompakkt 3D Object
Viewer through Extensive Data Modelling in Wikibase
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1S2VDS5F4k>
- Sessions 9 / Using Wikidata to Improve the Visibility of African
Women in Open Knowledge
<https://youtube.com/watch?v=7x_K8nf1BpY?t=5029>
- Sessions 10 / From Sounds to Solidarity: Jazz, Student Protests,
and Wikidata <https://youtube.com/watch?v=9VjMwwUM89c?t=1705>
- Wikidata Affinity Group: Working with Corporate Bodies for EMCO
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duTs2dQtl98>
*Tool of the week*
- Mergers & Acquisitions: A Wikidata Merge Assistant
<https://mna.toolforge.org/>, a new web app that surfaces possible
duplicate items from Wikidata and provides a simple interface for
evaluating the candidate pairs and merging them together or marking them as
different.
*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:
- disjoint with
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14924> (instances
of this type cannot be simultaneously instances of that type)
- contribution URL
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14934> (URL
of a page explaining how to participate in or contribute to a
project or
organization)
- atomic radius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14936> (measured
or calculated radius of an atom of a chemical element)
- covalent radius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14937> (radius
of an atom of a chemical element when covalently bonded)
- Van der Waals radius
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14938> (radius of an
imaginary hard sphere representing the distance of closest
approach for a
non-bonded atom)
- External identifiers: Tric Trac game ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14915>, Techniques de
l'Ingénieur author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14916>
, Stereo Ve Mono release ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14917>, Sky programme ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14918>, Sky series ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14919>, Scent Base perfumes
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14920>, Register of
British Slave Traders person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14921>, Onderwijstermen
Taalunie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14922>, NZPCN
legacy ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14923>, Biopsa ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14925>, Writers at Risk
database ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14926>, LEO-BW
person (GND) ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14927>,
Leipziger
Biographie ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14928>, Jersey
HER Reference <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14929>, Isle
of Man Registered Building No.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14930>, Holy See cardinal
biography ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14931>, Google
Search profile handle <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14932>
, Filmbaze people ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14933>, China
Railway Pinyin code
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14935>, belarusenc.by
ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14939>, BLL-Ontology
concept ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14940>, IFWiki
article <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14941>, Brussels
Inventory of Movable Heritage designer ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14942>, Eldoblatge original
actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14943>, Eldoblatge
original dub actor ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14944>
, Drag France directory ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14945>, OrthodoxWiki ID
(French) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14946>, Le Maitron
author ID <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14948>, Brussels
Inventory of Architectural Heritage glossary ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14949>, Brussels Inventory
of Movable Heritage material ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14950>, Brussels Inventory
of Movable Heritage object type ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14951>, Brussels Inventory
of Movable Heritage technique ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14952>, Brussels Inventory
of Natural Heritage taxon ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14953>, WE League manager ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14954>, WE League player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14955>, ArchaMap ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14956>, Womens German
Basketball Bundesliga Player ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P14957>
- New property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Property_proposal>
to
review:
- General datatypes:
- has language or spelling variant
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/has_language_or_spelling_variant>
(the
(multilingual) label of the linked item is a a language, spelling or
etymological variation of the label of this item)
- school of martial arts
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/school_of_martial_arts>
(school
or style of martial arts this person studied)
- External identifiers: YouSaid person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/YouSaid_person_ID>
, Demko ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Demko_ID>,
Niconico
Pedia article ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Niconico_Pedia_article_ID>
, Scholastica scholar ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Scholastica_scholar_ID>
, Hannah Arendt edition person ID
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Hannah_Arendt_edition_person_ID>
, AbeBooks author ID (2)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/AbeBooks_author_ID_(2)>
, Identifiant dans Calames
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Identifiant_dans_Calames>
, identifiant d'un(e) auteurice dans le catalogue du Centre Delavouët
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/identifiant_d%27un(e)_auteurice_dans_le_catalogue_du_Centre_Delavou%C3%ABt>
You can comment on all open property proposals
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Overview>!
*Did you know?*
- Schema examples: ICH item(E379)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/EntitySchema:E379> - schema for a Unesco
Intangible Cultural Heritage item in the international lists or national
inventories.
- Newest WikiProjects
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProjects>
: EastEnders (TV series)
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_EastEnders> - a
project for the BBC soap opera.
- Newest database reports
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports>: The
EntitySchema Directory
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/EntitySchema_directory>
*Development*
- REST API: Continuing the work on adding support for lexicographical
data, specifically creating a statement, Form and Sense on a Lexeme
- Wikidata integration in the Wikimedia projects: We are continuing to
look into raising the entity usage limit. We are setting up monitoring to
see how much it can reduce the amount of Recent Changes entries triggered
from Wikidata.
- Mobile editing of statements: We continued addressing the remaining UX
issues, including RTL and Kartographer issues
- hCaptcha: We are planning the support for it to Wikibase-specific
pages like Special:New Item
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: Tanzania
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory/Tanzania>
- 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> ·*
Idoko Joseph (JosefAnthony)
Wikimedia Volunteer | Open Knowledge Advocate
*View my contributions
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JosefAnthony/Contributions>*
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