This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2026-08-10.

Discussions

The order that properties of items are presented in www.wikidata.org is governed by the ordered list of properties in MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties. This list should be updated, in particular to show Wikidata usage instructions (P2559) first. As things currently stand, this important property is displayed late, as for performance hall (Q112688641) leading to the instructions being overlooked. If you support this change please comment at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Wikibase-SortedProperties#prominently_displaying_Wikidata_usage_instructions_(P2559)
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Events

Upcoming events:
- (Deutsch) nfdi4 / Workshop: Make Research Software Findable using the Software Marketplace Wikidata , 18.08.2026, 14:00–16:00 CEST (register for Zoom-link)
Previous events:
- August 04 - Blazegraph Migration office hour - see the Etherpad notes for questions and answers.

Press, articles, blog posts, videos

Blogs
- gdottv / The Weekly Edge article: demonstrating the Wikidata Query Logs (WDQL) Dataset talks about a paper released in February this year, (Wikidata Query Logs Dataset)
- (LinkedIn) - User:Orthodoc10 describes their experience mapping and modelling knee replacement surgical practices into Wikidata
- Wikisignals.org: Helping Editors Evaluate Reference Reliability
- Zero-budget programs you could start tommorrow - Lessons from Wikimania Paris]
- OpenSpeaks Tools Update: Subtitler, Tome, and Bento Go Stable — Meet Media Dashboard
Papers
Videos
- India's Software Stories: A Hands-on Workshop with Software Heritage, Commons and Wikidata - a Wikimania Lightning talk with Mathilde Fichen and Pavan Santhosh. (Session page)

Tool of the week

Cradle-gadget is a tool by User:DanielyepezgarcesThis is an interactive, schema-based form editor that works directly within Wikidata item pages. It allows users to check, view, add, modify, or delete claims in a modern sidebar drawer or a dedicated special page, aligned with the Wikimedia design guidelines. This is the easiest way to exploit the benefits of Wikidata entity schemas, powered by ShEx.

Other Noteworthy Stuff

The 2026 OpenRefine User Survey is now open. (Note that a link to a feature-prioritization survey is provided at the end of the Google Form so don't miss that if you want to influence what should get more focus.)

Newest properties and property proposals to review

Newest properties:
- General datatypes:
  - particularly (qualifier for statements to refine a value that applies more generally, when the statement applies especially to a more specific value; a more specific qualifier than "including" (P1012))
  - ‎incumbent before dissolution (entity incumbent in a position before its dissolution for an election)
- External identifiers: CINE21 TV program ID, GCD character ID, ODiD ID, 365chess.com tournament ID, NHK ONE program ID, CINE21 company ID, ‎Fmfenxiang seiyuu ID, ‎Fmfenxiang sound ID, Elite Prospects team ID, Elite Prospects stadium ID, r-hockey.ru team ID, Classicalive artist ID, Apple Maps place id, ‎HAND ID, Brazilian Fauna Taxonomic Catalogue ID, ‎Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa ID, Giovani Artisti italiani ID, MusiciansPage artist ID, LinkedIn numeric company ID, ‎MissEvan voice actor ID, Music & Opera artist ID, Dubbinfo ID, GAS actress ID, ‎EU Treaties and Agreements database ID, syukou-club(X-DIABLO) actress ID, sukumizu.tv model ID, Paradise TV Person ID, Regional heritage of Wallonia ID
New property proposals to review:
- General datatypes:
  - filing unit code ({{TranslateThis |it =codice dell'unità archivistica  }})
  - has Member (has member)
  - introduced to (region outside the natural range of a taxon into which it was introduced through direct or indirect human activity)
- External identifiers: Lift-World lift ID, Schiffsdatenliste ID, marketswiki, National Palace Museum Digital Archive ID, Information Commissioner's Office registration reference, Registry of Type Design ID, Ariana Museum ID, Emulation General Wiki article ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal immovable object ID, Sofia monuments register ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal museum ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal movable object ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal stone carving ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal protection zone ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal wall painting ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage GIS Portal documentation record ID, Georgian Cultural Heritage Portal movable object ID, RIdIM ID, Weibo ID, Weibo username

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- Ten longest State of the Union adress in the USA
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Development

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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.
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