Wikidata:Status updates/Next

This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2026-01-26.

Discussions

• Open request for adminship:
• Closed request for adminship:
• New requests for permissions/Bot:
• Closed request for permissions/Bot:
• New request for comments:
• Closed request for comments:

Events

• Upcoming events:

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

• Blogs
• Papers
• Videos

Newest properties and property proposals to review

• Newest properties:
  • General datatypes:
    • translates from (language(s) that this person, company or organization translates works texts from)
    • translates into (language(s) that this person, company or organization translates works and texts into)
  • External identifiers: MAX username, CriticDB game ID
• New property proposals to review:
  • General datatypes:
    • incompatible type (instances of this type or of its subclasses cannot be instances of that type nor of its subclasses)
  • External identifiers: KaraokeTexty.cz album ID, Biographical encyclopedia of Maros County-ID, ShotOnWhat film ID, Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800-1950 ID

You can comment on all open property proposals!

Did you know?

• Query examples:
• Schema examples:
• Newest WikiProjects:
• WikiProject Highlights:
• Newest database reports:
• Showcase Items:
• Showcase Lexemes:

Development

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

Weekly Tasks

• Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
• Contribute to the showcase Item and Lexeme above.
• Govdirectory weekly focus country:
• Summarize your WikiProject's ongoing activities in one or two sentences.
• Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
• Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
• Help write the next summary!

Anything to add? Please share! :)