Notices by Wikidata (wikidata@wikis.world)

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past
week: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_11_03

Every day, thousands of editors on #Wikidata provide open, reliable and trustworthy data to the world helping make technology more open and inclusive.

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Wikidata has been recognized by the @DPGAlliance as a #DigitalPublicGood. What a perfect birthday present! 🎁

Read the blog post: https://w.wiki/FrK9

Curious what a #DPG is? Find #Wikidata and others on the #DPGRegistry: digitalpublicgoods.net/registry

#OpenSourceForGood

Are you ready for WikidataCon next week? We can't wait to see you there!

Check out the program and register today at:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025

#wikidatacon #wikidata #openknowledge

🗳️ In July 2024, many of you took part in the Wikidata Community Survey. Many thanks to all for participating!

📊 The results are now live: https://w.wiki/FfMk

💬 Got thoughts or questions? Let us know what you think on the discussion page https://w.wiki/FfMn

Earlier this year, we invited contributors to share their #WikidataStories. From tools and apps to bots, maps, and knowledge-sharing — 30 projects showed the many ways Wikidata makes an impact.
We’ll highlight some of them over the coming weeks — but you can explore them all now: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Impact_stories

#OpenData #wikidatastories

📢 Community update!

📅 WikidataCon 2025 Proposals call closed and we are currently reviewing submissions. Keep an eye on your email for news on your session. Register to the event: https://w.wiki/EKXz

🎂 Microgrant funding requests for the 13th Birthday have also closed, and we are delighted by the community’s enthusiasm! More info: https://w.wiki/F8Gu

🙏 Thank you to everyone who submitted, we’ll need a few days to review everything.

#wikidata #wikidatabirthday #wikidatacon2025

🌐 Do you want to be beholden to the whims of a major tech company?

That’s the question @fastcompany asks in a recent interview about @WMDE's #Wikidata — an open knowledge graph powering innovative projects worldwide.

🤝 While AI firms strip-mine the internet, Wikidata's community-driven approach is a democratic alternative to proprietary data silos.

➡️ Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91391335/big-tech-locks-data-away-wikidata-gives-it-back-to-the-internet

⏳ Time is running out—share your ideas for WikidataCon 2025! 🚀

The Call for Proposals is open until 1 September (anywhere on Earth). Got an idea for a session—be it a talk, workshop, panel, or something completely new? Now’s the moment to get it in!

👉 Drafts are welcome! You’ll still have until 8 September to make changes, but make sure to submit before the initial deadline.

📌 Submit your proposal: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/cfp
📌 Event info: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025

#wikidata #opendata

What does it take to maintain one of the world's largest repositories of free, structured knowledge?

Read this interview about the challenges Wikidata faces and how the team handles massive scale and constant updates, all while remaining open source:
https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/07/10/scaling-the-knowledge-graph-behind-wikipedia/ #OpenData #KnowledgeGraphs #BigData #SemanticWeb

🎉 The program tracks for WikidataCon 2025 are here!
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025

Check the Event Talk page in the coming weeks for further updates, including on how to submit your Session Proposal idea!
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:WikidataCon_2025

📅 Save the date: 31 Oct – 2 Nov 2025

We will soon be welcoming your ideas on the following topics:

🧠 The Future of Wikidata
What comes next? The tech, the infrastructure, modelling, and ideas. We're talking AI, LLMs, Blazegraph, emerging technologies and anything else you can think of that will shape the future of Wikidata.

🔤 Lexemes and Languages
Lexicographical data and anything related.

🌍 Linked Open Data Ecosystem
Topics about Wikibase in any of its forms, connecting Wikibase instances to each other or to Wikidata, Federation and the broader LOD Ecosystem.

WikidataCon 2025: Call for Proposals open!

The Wikidata flagship event of the year, Wikidatacon 2025 is ready to receive your proposals! Submit now on Pretalx: https://pretalx.com/wikidatacon-2025/cfp

Register (free) to the event: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RegisterForEvent/1340

See the WikidataCon Event page for more information: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:WikidataCon_2025

🎉 Exciting news! The #CoolestToolAward returns for its sixth edition!
🛠️ Nominate your favorite (Wikidata or otherwise) tools and celebrate the incredible developers who made them.
Nominate now: [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coolest_Tool_Award#Coolest_Tool_Award_2025].
Top tools to be announced at Wikimania 2025. #wikimedia

Postcards, Wikimania Hackathon and Wikidata + Research: here is what happened around #Wikidata over the past week! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_07_07

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the
past week! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_06_23

Wikidata Qrank, Listful Thinking and Captain America's 3rd outing, here is what happened around #Wikidata over the past week!
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_06_02

🧑🔬 Calling all Wikidata researchers! The Wikimedia Research Fund is looking for research proposals to fund. You can submit Wikidata-related proposals until April 16th. More details about the program: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_01_27

Greenland, Writing systems and Looted art: here is what happened around #Wikidata over the past week! https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Status_updates/2025_01_13

The Data Reuse Days are back! In February 2025 we will bring together people who are building applications with #Wikidata's data, those who want to learn how to do that, Wikidata contributors and more. You can find out more and register at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:Data_Reuse_Days_2025

And if you want to host a session or show an application you've build you can submit a session proposal at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event_talk:Data_Reuse_Days_2025

#DataReuseDays2025