Wikidata

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:02 +0000

🏰 8,131 castles. 149 countries. One epic interactive map built on open data!

Castlemap pulls the data straight from Wikidata, adds photos from Wikimedia Commons and stories from Wikipedia, and lays it all over a basemap built on OpenStreetMap data.

Spot a castle that's missing? Level up its Wikidata entry and watch it show up in the next refresh. 🗺️
Go explore: https://thecastlemap.com/

#wikidata #opendata #technology

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:57:51 +0000

New tools, brand new bots, discussions, and events - all wrapped up in one place for you! This weeks Wikidata Summary is ready for you, learn more about what the Wikidata community built, discussed, and discovered: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_09_07

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:18:28 +0000

📅Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) Days 2026 — Oct 17–23

WDQS is migrating from Blazegraph to QLever. If you run maintenance queries or maintain tools/services on it, this affects you!

Join us for updates, hands-on workshops on query rewriting, demo on the query rewriting tool and Q&A's with the dev teams. Sessions will repeat across time zones, all recorded for later or repeat viewing.

Co-organized by Wikimedia Deutschland + WMF's Wikidata Platform team.

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:10 +0000

New tools, active discussions, and community highlights, all wrapped up in one place for you! Dive into this Weeks Wikidata's Weekly Summary to learn more about what the Wikidata community built, discussed, and discovered: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_08_31

#wikidata #opendata #community

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:01:58 +0000

“Wikidata can help build a rich, connected ecosystem of knowledge about games, from titles and developers to platforms, genres, characters, and more. And the possibilities don’t stop at preservation. Developers can use Wikidata’s open data to build apps, create new tools, and bring gaming history to life in new ways.” - Alan Ang, Senior Partner Manager at Wikimedia Deutschland.

🎮 What game from your childhood do you want to make sure the world never forgets?

#Wikidata #gamescom #opendata

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:00:01 +0000

🎮 Games have always brought us together, they connect us, teach us, instill values in us and build entire communities around a shared love of play.

This week, we're joining gamescom, and there's no better moment to shine a spotlight on WikiProject Video Games! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Video_games

Does Wikidata already know about your favorite game? Jump into WikiProject Video Games and add it yourself, every entry helps grow the world's open knowledge of gaming. 🕹️

#wikidata #gamescom2026 #opendata

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:16:05 +0000

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past
week: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_08_24

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:59:38 +0000

The Wikidata vector database just got refreshed, and it's built to keep getting fresher. Tap into it and start building: the open knowledge community can access it and build applications right on top of Wikidata through this publicly available vector database.

The May 2026 Wikidata dump now powers the database. Dive in through the web interface or the REST API. Find all the details on the vector database's wiki page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Vector_Database

#opendata #community #wikidata

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:16:43 +0000

🗞️ This Week on Wikidata – 17 August 2026. Catch up on the latest updates, tools and community highlights.
Read the full report here 👉 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_08_17

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:01 +0000

What kind of content do you want to see more of? Use cases? New features and product releases? Tutorials and how-tos? Community spotlights? Help us understand what would make you want to follow, engage, and share.
Take a few minutes to share your thoughts in this 5 minute survey here: https://zurl.co/JT7Ib
Thank you for helping shape what comes next. The survey closes August 24, 2026 23:59 AoE.

#wikidata #opendata #community

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:06:08 +0000

🗞️ This Week on Wikidata – 10 August 2026. Catch up on the latest updates, tools and community highlights.
Read the full report here 👉 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_08_10

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:00:01 +0000

Contributing to open Knowledge isn’t just about adding data to Wikidata. It’s also about building and using tools that make structured knowledge easier to create, explore, and reuse. Here are some of the amazing tools showcased at Wikimania.

Have you tried any of these tools? Which one is your favorite, or which would you like to explore next? Share your experience in the comments!

#Wikidata #Community #OpenData #LinkedData #Wikimania

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:00:01 +0000

Have you tried any of these tools? Which one is your favorite, or which would you like to explore next? Share your experience in the comments!

#Wikidata #Community #OpenData #LinkedData #Wikimania

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:00:01 +0000

In June, we started testing the new 'WikiProjects' section of the 🛠️ Tools menu (on Wikidata).

Have you spotted them yet? It's currently being tested with five WikiProjects — Music, Medicine, Datasets, Sum of all Paintings, and Elections — and appears when you're viewing an Item connected or related to them.

🔎 Have you spotted all five yet? Please let us know what's working, what's not at: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:WikiProjects

Which WikiProjects you'd like to see added next ? Tell us in the comments 👇

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:00:04 +0000

Missed the "Bridging Institutions, Wikidata & Generative AI" talk at Wikimania Paris?

Key Takeaways:
🏛️ GLAMs often back open access (but want AI safeguards) — attribution, context, reciprocity
🔗 An uploads alone doesn't add value. Data needs curation & Wikipedia/Commons sitelinks
🗃️ Institutions can hold data in Wikibase; Wikidata can connect it
🤖 Challenge: open knowledge + sustainable infrastructure

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWNgzZChMiA

#Wikidata #Wikimania #OpenData #LinkedData #Wikibase

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:04:06 +0000

🗞️ This Week on Wikidata – 4 August 2026. Catch up on the latest updates, tools and community highlights.
Read the full report here 👉 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_08_04

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:59:46 +0000

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past week: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_07_27

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:10:01 +0000

🏆 Lexica, a Wikidata tool, has won the Coolest Tool Award at Wikimania 2026 in Paris!

Editing Lexemes on Wikidata means learning concepts like Senses and Forms before making even a small edit — tough on mobile or for newcomers. WikiCollabs built Lexica to fix that: a mobile-friendly web app for contributing to lexicographical data.

🎉 Congrats to the team! Tried Lexica? Tell us in the replies!

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexica

#OpenData #CommunityFirst #Wikimania #Wikidata

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:27:31 +0000

This Week on Wikidata – 20 July 2026: Catch up on the latest updates and community highlights.
👉 Read the full report here: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2026_07_20

#wikidata

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:02 +0000

Connect with the #Wikidata community at #Wikimania

Whether you're a new contributor, editor, researcher, developer, GLAM professional, or open knowledge enthusiast, join any of these sessions.
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Will you be there, Paris or online?
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Program/Wikidata
#Tech #Community #OpenData