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Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter #254: Working on Functions, together

There is a new update ↗ for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!

In this issue, we report on new collaborative patterns emerging in our community, we discuss news in Types, we share some events that relate to Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia at Wikimania 2026, and we take a look at the latest software developments.

Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive ↗!

Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next '''Volunteers' Corner''' will be held on '''July 6, at 17:30 UTC ↗''' (link to the meeting ↗).

Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 09:58, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2026-27

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Latest '''tech news ↗''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations ↗ are available.

'''Updates for editors'''

As part of the Account Creation Experiments ↗, the Growth team tested adding a user account icon in the mobile web header for logged-out users, providing direct access to "Create account" and "Log in" actions. The experiment increased account creation by about 20% without negatively affecting edit quality or constructive edit rates. The feature will now be rolled out to all Wikimedia Foundation wikis on mobile web in the first week of July. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428220 ↗

After a successful experiment ↗, logged-in users who did not confirm their email address ↗ when their account was created see a new banner asking them to complete that process. This helps reduce the risk that users get locked out of their account, and makes account email addresses overall more reliable. This is part of the Account Security ↗ project. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428292 ↗

An update to Search ↗ is refining how the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code><nowiki>-prefix:</nowiki></code></bdi> behaves when used to exclude results. Previously, using <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code><nowiki>-prefix:</nowiki></code></bdi> with negation could unintentionally broaden search results by adding the namespaces included in the search scope, leading to confusing behavior for users expecting a straightforward exclusion filter. With the update, <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code><nowiki>-prefix:</nowiki></code></bdi> will now strictly exclude matching page titles as intended and may display a warning if the relevant namespace has not been explicitly selected. The behavior of <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code><nowiki>prefix:</nowiki></code></bdi> without negation however remains unchanged. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427443 ↗

12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item ↗ View all {{formatnum:33}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:33|task|tasks}} that were resolved last week ↗. For example, an issue where reviewers using the Page Curation toolbar were not automatically subscribed to talk page discussions they started has now been fixed. Reviewers will now receive notifications when someone replies to those discussions. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329346 ↗

'''Updates for technical contributors'''

Starting June 29th, automated downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website will be subject to the user-agent policy ↗. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services remains unaffected. This is a follow up to the announcement made in the 2026/25 issue of Tech News ↗.

12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item ↗ Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki ↗

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WikiCup 2026 July newsletter

The third round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 June at 23:59 (UTC). As a reminder, good article nomination reviews ↗ now receive 10 points, while peer reviews ↗, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews ↗, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 3 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; eight scored over 500; and thirteen scored over 300. The top three contestants had at least one featured article ↗ (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|MCE89}} with 1567 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography, as well as some article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Bgsu98}} with 1547 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, featured lists, and a good topic about figure skating, along with 20 article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Reconrabbit}} with 1004 points, mainly from a high-multiplier featured article on European rabbit ↗ and several good articles, DYKs, and reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|A.Cython}} with 1004 points, mainly from good articles about warfare, along with 22 article reviews

{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant17|Generalissima}} with 859 points, mainly from good and featured articles about rivers and East Asian topics

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here ↗. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 7 featured-topic articles, 117 good articles, 74 good-topic articles and more than 30 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 13 In the News ↗ articles, and they have conducted nearly 180 reviews. The tournament points table ↗ has been updated.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed ↗. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup ↗, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send ↗.</small> MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:49, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #738

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''' Discussions '''

New requests for permissions/Bot:

* TopDevsBot ↗ - Task/s: Create new items for software-development, design, and consulting companies from source data: topdevs.ai

* SonalBot ↗ - Task/s: Reference Gardener (archive dead reference links) + Welcome Bot (welcome new users)

New request for comments: WM Commons: Policy update for AI content ↗ - this RfC will seek opinions on the use and allowance of AI-generated and modified content. This can have downstream impacts on Wikidata.

''' Events '''

Upcoming events ↗:

* 2026 Chiayi Streetview Workshop ↗ July 13 Time: 19:30-21:00 UTC+8 at Tâi-uân tôo-su-sik, Chiayi, Taiwan.

* OpenStreetMap X Wikidata Meetup #90 July 13 Time: 19:30-21:00 UTC+8 at Mozilla Community Space Taipei (Q61752245) ↗.

''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos '''

Blogs:

* Lobid Blog: NWBibBot – Making a regional bibliography visible in Wikipedia with help from Wikidata ↗

* Tech News (WMDE) Knowledge wants to be found ↗ - We interview Tim Wittenborg about the WissKomm Wiki ↗, from the Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology in TIB Hannover.

* Bridging Open Knowledge And Digital Rights: Reflections From DRIF 2026 And The Wikimedia Community ↗

Papers: MathModDB: A Database for Mathematical Models ↗ - The Mathematical Models Database (MathModDB), deployed on the MaRDI Portal within Germany’s National Research Data Infrastructure, provides researchers with a curated knowledge graph that organizes scattered mathematical models, formulas, and assumptions, connects to related tools like MathAlgoDB and MaRDMO, and demonstrates practical use through cases such as plasma physics modeling. By Fiedler et al., (2026)

Videos:

* WikiProjects Days 2026 - recordings now on Commons ↗, if you missed the event or want to recap what was discussed, individual session recordings are now available from the Event program.

* Jason Evans: Making Wikimedia and Linked Open Data Mainstream in GLAMs – The National Library of Wales Journey ↗

''' Tool of the week '''

Altilunium Panoply ↗ : A lightweight Wikibase alternative for creating collaborative knowledge bases, written as a single PHP file ↗ with no dependencies.

''' Other Noteworthy Stuff '''

Call for local partners: WikidataCon 2027 ↗: Planning is underway for the next hybrid WikidataCon, and Wikimedia Deutschland is seeking a local affiliate to co-organize the on-site event. Expressions of Interest are due by 13 July. A Q&A clinic will be held on 1 July at 15:00 UTC (join here ↗).

Growth features ↗ are now available at Wikidata. This update enables access to Mentorship, Impact module, the Help Panel, and a simplified Newcomer Homepage (without Suggested Edits).

''' Newest properties ↗ and property proposals ↗ to review '''

Newest External identifiers: ‎Taiwan Central News Agency news topic ID ↗, ‎Stockholm Archipelago Trail ID ↗, ‎Sceneweb artwork ID ↗, ‎Sceneweb production ID ↗, Fantia ID ↗, Finnish educational institution ID ↗, ‎altinget.se person ID ↗, Il cinema ritrovato film ID ↗, TV Guide film ID ↗, FOD person ID ↗, LRT topic ID ↗, Jiji Press Member of Parliament ID ↗, Huellas Digitales de la Memoria ID ↗, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston person ID ↗

New General datatypes property proposals to review:

*subdiscipline of ↗ (<nowiki>less specific academic discipline</nowiki>)

*has garden ↗ (<nowiki>Object is a {{Q|1107656}} related to this {{Q|16222597}}</nowiki>)

*ranking by ↗ (<nowiki>issuer of a ranking</nowiki>)

*linguistic group ↗ (<nowiki>group of people who share the same language, regardless of their ancestry or ethnicity</nowiki>)

New External identifier property proposals to review: Pure Adult actress ID ↗, Taiwan Central News Agency News tag id ↗, Pure Adult studio ID ↗, Natural science/GBIF taxon ID ↗, Digitaler Portraitindex person ID ↗, torial ID ↗, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa ID ↗, Pontifical Urbaniana University ID ↗, Samtrafiken-vehicle-id ↗, Sundsvall Municipality opendata ID ↗, Nakamura Kikaku ID ↗, KBS News topic ID ↗, GIGA actress ID ↗, Zen Pictures actress ID ↗, Identifiant d'une personne sur Autoroc ↗, La Grange ID ↗, Rakuten Books author ID ↗

You can comment on all open property proposals ↗!

''' Did you know? '''

Query examples: Roles and contributions of ? in Fictional Universes and Media franchises ↗ (source ↗)

Schema examples: it's World Cup time so here's 2 soccer/football-related EntitySchemas.

* E404:Swedish Soccer Player ↗ and E183:Chilean Women's Football Players ↗

Newest WikiProjects ↗:

* WikiProject Logic ↗

* WikiProject Roots and Rhythms ↗

WikiProject Highlights: GovDirectory has opened a Madagascar ↗ page.

Showcase Items ↗: Lionel Messi ↗ - 6 World Cups, scoring in the last 7 consecutive matches.

''' Development '''

Wikidata integration in the other Wikimedia projects:

* We are continuing to evaluate the prototype for reducing the number of unnecessary edits from Wikidata that show up in watchlist and recent changes of Wikipedia and co. The approach is to look at the diff of the rendered article before and after the change from Wikidata is made. If there is no difference then the change is probably not relevant for that article. We are collecting a sample to further understand how it performs.

* To continue to address Wikidata's scaling issues, we are planning the migration of entity usage tables to the X1 cluster.

Mobile editing of statements:

* We implemented more feedback from testing of the new mobile front-end. Specifically we worked on making it clearer when a statements already exist that the editor is trying to add to the Item.

* Additionally, we made minor improvements to the look and feel of the mobile front-end.

REST API:

* REST search routes now take apihighlimits right into account (phab:T428032 ↗)

* We are starting to work on Lexeme support (phab:T429572 ↗, phab:T429332 ↗)

GraphQL:

* We added support for requesting “best statements” for a given Property (phab:T428138 ↗)

* We are working on adding support for negation in Property value pair filters (phab:T429580 ↗)

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: Poland ↗

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! ↗

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Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter #255: Integration on test wiki and annual plan

There is a new update ↗ for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!

In this issue, we discuss integration of Abstract Wikipedia in Test Wiki and our objectives for the new Wikimedia Foundation Fiscal Year, we remind you of the Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia events at Wikimania 2026, and we take a look at the latest software developments.

Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive ↗!

Also, we remind you that if you have questions or ideas to discuss, the next '''Volunteers' Corner''' will be held on '''July 6, at 17:30 UTC ↗''' (link to the meeting ↗).

Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 08:22, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2026

News and updates for administrators ↗ from the past month (June 2026).

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A request for comment ↗ asks whether the criteria for autoconfirmed and extended confirmed should be modified.

A request for comment ↗ proposes an addendum for the Real name section of the Username policy ↗.

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The special page Special:RangeCalculator ↗ has been created for any users to use to find an IP range. (phab:T268429 ↗)

The "indefinitely" button in Special:Block ↗ for temporary accounts can be replaced with a preferred block duration stated on MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account ↗. (phab:T427125 ↗)

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Following a series of motions ↗, changes to the contentious topics procedure ↗ to restructure awareness ↗ have been implemented.

The arbitration case ''Michael Jackson ↗'' has been closed.

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Tech News: 2026-28

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Latest '''tech news ↗''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations ↗ are available.

'''Updates for editors'''

12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item ↗ View all {{formatnum:34}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:34|task|tasks}} that were resolved last week ↗. For example, an issue where the search bar results on Wikidata, showed English results instead of using the correct language fallback for users of language variants, has now been fixed. Search suggestions will now follow the expected language fallback chain. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T429769 ↗

'''Updates for technical contributors'''

In preparation for Celebrate Women campaign ↗ planned for March 2027, the Wikimedia Foundation’s Content Enablement team ↗ has launched a 22-question survey to better understand technical contributions by women+ (anyone who identifies as a woman) across Wikimedia projects. The survey takes approximately 15–20 minutes to complete and will remain open until 20 July 2026. The questions ↗ are also available on-wiki for review in advance.

The Score extension ↗ now supports rendering music scores as SVG images in addition to PNG, addressing a long-standing feature request ↗ and resolving historical image quality issues. Both formats are now provided to clients, with PNG in the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code><nowiki>src</nowiki></code></bdi> attribute and SVG in the <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><code><nowiki>srcset</nowiki></code></bdi> attribute.

The new Parsoid ↗ parser continues to be deployed to additional wikis ↗, making it easier to introduce new reading and editing features. It was enabled on French Wikipedia, bringing total progress to covering 78.9% of Wikipedia page views. Rollout to English Wikipedia desktop will progress through this week.

12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item ↗ Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki ↗

'''In depth'''

The Wikimedia Hackathon 2026 recap blog post ↗ is now live. It highlights the projects, sessions, and social activities from this year’s event, and shares initial plans for the 2027 Wikimedia Hackathon.

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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 13:54, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #739

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''' Discussions '''

Closed request for adminship:

*1Veertje ↗ - '''Closed as Successful'''

*Ziv ↗ - '''Closed as Successful'''

New requests for permissions/Bot:

*gov-wikidata-match 1 ↗ - '''Task/s:''' Link existing GOV (historical gazetteer) building-like objects to existing Wikidata building-like objects.

*AgenticCommonsBot 1 ↗ - '''Task/s:''' Add Open Library ID <small>(P648)</small> ↗ (OpenLibrary author ID) to Wikidata items about people, only where the OpenLibrary author and the Wikidata person have been confirmed to be the same individual, with a source on every statement.

Closed request for permissions/Bot:

*JigildikBot ↗ - '''Approved'''

*SonalBot ↗ - '''Approved'''

*ias-kbase ↗ - '''Approved'''

''' Events '''

Upcoming events ↗:

* The Wikidata Platform (WDP) monthly office hour ↗ takes place '''tomorrow''', {{zonestamp|2026-07-07 16:00|7th July at 16:00 UTC}}. These office hours are focus on the Blazegraph migration work, and the team is inviting all community members to join the discussion. ''Register via the event page ↗''

* The next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours will take place on Wednesday, 18:00 CEST (in your timezone ↗), 08th July 2026 in the Wikidata Telegram group. The Wikidata and Wikibase office hours are online events where the development team presents what they have been working on over the past quarter, and the community is welcome to ask questions and discuss important issues related to the development of Wikidata and Wikibase.

* Sandbox sessions: Wikidata Reference Validator Tool - improving Wikidata references ↗ - Aug 15, 17:00 - 18:00 UTC.

* Wiki Education + AASLH: Documenting America with Wikidata ↗, a collaboration between Wiki Education and the American Association for State and Local History is offering six hour-long meetings held weekly to introduce attendees to Wikidata and improve content for Wikidata and Wikipedia on American history. Registration ends: July 17, 23:59 Pacific Time (PT)

''' Press, articles, blog posts, videos '''

Blogs: (fr) Le point sur la diversité de genre dans les articles ↗ in *Regards sur l'actualité du mouvement Wikimedia*

Papers:

* Spatiotemporal-Heuristic A* Search for Pruning - Historical Influence and Succession Paths in Wikidata - Paper ↗, by Michael James Liman (2026).

* Wikontic: Constructing Wikidata-Aligned, Ontology-Aware Knowledge Graphs with Large Language Models - Paper ↗ by Chepurova et al., (2026).

Videos: (Español) Introduction to Wikidata ↗ - Dr. Claudia De Souza and Prof. Dinah Wilson Fraites introduce Wikidata with Spanish-slides.

''' Tool of the week '''

Zelph ↗: Offers powerful analysis capabilities for the complete Wikidata knowledge graph while remaining adaptable for any semantic domain.

World Cup Heights ↗: An interactive data‑viz app that shows the heights of FIFA World Cup players, arranged so you can quickly compare teams, positions, and overall height distributions.

''' Other Noteworthy Stuff '''

Call for local partners: WikidataCon 2027 ↗: Planning is underway for the next hybrid WikidataCon, and Wikimedia Deutschland is seeking a local affiliate to co-organize the on-site event. Expressions of Interest are due by 13 July.

The Wikidata Platform team has published the 8th issue of its monthly newsletter ↗. This edition includes updates on the migration of WDQS backend away from Blazegraph, including a transition into the next phase '''Initial Implementation (pilot) phase''' following completion of the '''installation phase'''. This update also include some Documentation on Query Rewrites the team will like the Wikidata community and all WDQS users to help review and leave feedbacks. ''see WDP monthly newsletter ↗ for more details''

''' Newest properties ↗ and property proposals ↗ to review '''

Newest General datatypes:

*prisoner number ↗ (<nowiki>number or identifier assigned to a prisoner, to be used as a qualifier for P2632 (place of detention)</nowiki>)

*photographer ↗ (<nowiki>person who took this photograph</nowiki>)

*‎Gmedia rating (video games) ↗ (<nowiki>video game ratings of the Saudi Arabian rating system</nowiki>)

*visual style ↗ (<nowiki>the visual style used in a video game (or other creative work)</nowiki>)

*garden ↗ (<nowiki>garden of this subject</nowiki>)

*objects (category theory) ↗ (<nowiki>the precise objects of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*morphisms ↗ (<nowiki>the precise morphisms of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*terminal object ↗ (<nowiki>the precise terminal object of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*initial object ↗ (<nowiki>the precise initial object of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*products (category theory) ↗ (<nowiki>the precise products of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*coproducts (category theory) ↗ (<nowiki>the precise coproducts of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*isomorphisms ↗ (<nowiki>the precise isomorphisms of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*monomorphisms ↗ (<nowiki>the precise monomorphisms of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*epimorphisms ↗ (<nowiki>the precise epimorphisms of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*regular monomorphisms ↗ (<nowiki>the precise regular monomorphisms of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*regular epimorphisms ↗ (<nowiki>the precise isomorphisms of the category (category theory)</nowiki>)

*left adjoint ↗ (<nowiki>the left adjoint of the functor</nowiki>)

*enriched over ↗ (<nowiki>the base monoidal category, bicategory, etc. of the enriched category</nowiki>)

*monoidal category operation ↗ (<nowiki>the “tensor product” bifunctor of the monoidal category</nowiki>)

*2-morphisms ↗ (<nowiki>the precise 2-morphisms of the 2-category</nowiki>)

*taxon footprint ↗ (<nowiki>image of a footprint of this taxon</nowiki>)

Newest External identifiers: Sri Lankan Parliament member ID ↗, ‎Taiwan Central News Agency news tag ID ↗, Model-Kartei.de ID ↗, Wildenstein Plattner Institute ID ↗, Web The Television work ID ↗, Web The Television person ID ↗, U-NEXT person ID ↗, U-NEXT video ID ↗, Sokmil director ID ↗, Sokmil idol ID ↗, socrealizm.com.ua person ID ↗, Répertoire des films classés film ID ↗, ‎regjeringen.no ministry ID ↗, ‎regjeringen.no politician ID ↗, Objectif plumes work ID ↗, National Operator Code (UK) ↗, ‎Extended Defence of Britain Database ID ↗, Pacelli edition person ID ↗, Myludo game ID ↗, MyDirtyHobby ID ↗, Maoyan film ID ↗, ‎Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument number ↗, Letterboxd writer ID ↗, KSW organization ID ↗, KSW person ID ↗, KSW place ID ↗, 1SCREEN movie ID ↗, 1SCREEN Person ID ↗, ‎Artistas Visuales Chilenos propertyvalue ID ↗, ‎Canadian Trademark Registration Number ↗, occitanica.eu ID ↗, Hancinema company ID ↗, ZicTrad person ID ↗, H-NEXT Person ID ↗, FOD video ID ↗, Farzonagon ID ↗, d Hits artist ID ↗, ABEMA video ID ↗, 17LIVE ID ↗, ‎regjeringen.no government ID ↗, Pure Adult actress ID ↗, Pure Adult studio ID ↗, ‎GBIF taxon ID ↗, Digital portrait index person (GND) ID ↗, torial username ↗, Pontifical Urbaniana University ID ↗, CatDat category ID ↗, CatDat functor ID ↗, CatDat category property ID ↗, CatDat functor property ID ↗, ‎Samtrafiken-vehicle ID ↗, GIGA actress ID ↗, Zen Pictures actress ID ↗, Olyrix artist ID ↗, AutorÒc 16-18 author ID ↗

New General datatypes property proposals to review::

*dielectric strenght ↗ (<nowiki>maximum electric field a material can withstand before electrical breakdown occurs</nowiki>)

*about page URL ↗ (<nowiki>URL to the official about page</nowiki>)

New External identifier property proposals to review: Rakuten Books author ID ↗, Rakuten TV adult Person ID ↗, Identifiant sur le Western Orthodox Wiki ↗, Le GRoG ID ↗, NHK On Demand Program ID ↗, Centre for Computing History exhibit reference ID ↗, GCD character ID ↗, Identificador de agente econômico na ANCINE ↗, 1SCREEN Program ID ↗, Architectenregister-id ↗, LUDAP ID ↗, TakaWiki ID ↗, Terceiro Tempo Que Fim Levou ID ↗, BiDünyaFilm film ID ↗, CNUC code ↗, Steady username ↗, NHK ONE Program ID ↗, SongLyrics.com song ID ↗, Braunschweiger ProfKat ID ↗, ClayArena shooter profile ID ↗, Open Collective ID ↗, Anobii author ID ↗

You can comment on all open property proposals ↗!

''' Development '''

The development team are at an offsite retreat this week.

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: France ↗

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! ↗

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 12

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'''Highlights'''

'''Wikipedia 25''': Wikipedia's 25th birthday was celebrated with various projects designed to grow awareness and support for Wikipedia and the people who make it possible. This includes the virtual birthday event on January 15, which garnered 10,000 live viewers and 15,000 reactions. Find more details on all related projects and results in the program report ↗.

'''Sustainable use of Wikimedia infrastructure''': A valid user-agent string will now be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement ↗ of the long standing user-agent policy ↗. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.

'''Increasing account creation''': The experiment ↗ providing direct access to “Create account” and “Log in” actions on mobile increased account creation by about 20% without negatively affecting edit quality. The feature will now be rolled out to all wikis ↗ on mobile web.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Engage ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Growth ↗ · Product Safety and Integrity ↗ · Tech News ↗ · Language and Internationalization ↗ · The Wikipedia Library ↗ · list of movement events ↗ · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia ↗''</small>
thumb|250px|With Sub-referencing editors can reuse and add details to a main reference. ↗

'''Add A Link''': The Foundation deployed Add A Link ↗ as a default-on suggestion within Suggestion Mode ↗. It is now launched on all wikis to all editors who have opted in to the Suggestion Beta Feature.

'''Reusing references''': Sub-referencing ↗, the new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, was deployed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions.

'''Wikifunctions''': Check out the 71 new functions ↗ with implementations to get a taste of what functions have been created.

'''Range calculator''': The special page Special:RangeCalculator ↗ has been created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers.

'''Captcha verification''': Abuse filters that are set to “require CAPTCHA verification” now also affect users ↗ with the <code>skipcaptcha</code> right, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter.

'''Latest experiments''': An upcoming experiment ↗ is testing two variations of a "thank you" badge shown to donors after a recent donation to deepen the relationship between donors and the Wikimedia movement. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology ↗.

'''Account security on private wikis''': Two-factor authentication ↗ will become mandatory for user accounts on private wikis. This will protect private information from being exposed by an account with a compromised password.

'''Tech News''': The latest highlights from Tech News week 26 ↗ and 27 ↗ include users will now get a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. See also the 65 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

'''Team Challenges''': The core organizing team for Wikimania is introducing Team Challenges ↗, a different approach to Wikimania Hackathon. This year, Wikimedians and professionals from other fields will join forces to undertake one of the 2026 technical challenges.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Enable ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Research newsletter ↗ · WikiLearn News ↗ · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org ↗''</small>

'''Wikimedia Hackathon''': A look at the 2026 edition of Wikimedia Hackathon ↗ which brought together 216 participants from 29 countries building, collaborating, and shaping the future together.

'''Wikimedia Hubs''': The Hub Fund ↗ will pause funding for new pilots ↗ in fiscal year 2026–2027 to align with the work on the Ecosystem of Movement Organizations and the Global Resource Distribution Committee. Existing pilots in transition will be offered an additional year of funding.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Protect ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Global Advocacy blog ↗ · Global Advocacy Newsletter ↗ · Policy blog ↗''</small>

'''Open Knowledge And Digital Rights''': Wikimedians shared their reflections ↗ on how Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum reinforced the role of our movement within broader digital rights conversations.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Reach ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Wikimedia Apps ↗ · Readers ↗''</small>

'''Journalism Award''': Wikimedia Foundation announced ↗ three journalists from Africa as recipients of the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, ↗ run in partnership with the International Center for Journalists ↗ (ICFJ). The awards celebrate the essential role journalists play in creating well-researched articles that volunteer editors can use as source materials to develop content on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. In total, 320 submissions were received from 40 African countries.

'''Other Movement-curated newsletters & news'''<br/><small>''Diff blog ↗ · Goings-on ↗ · Planet Wikimedia ↗ · Signpost (en) ↗ · Kurier (de) ↗ · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) ↗ · Regards sur l'actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) ↗ · Wikimag (fr) ↗ · Education ↗ · GLAM ↗ · Milestones ↗ · Wikidata ↗ · Central and Eastern Europe ↗ · other newsletters ↗''</small>

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Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter #256: Moving toward our first Abstract Wikipedia integration milestone

There is a new update ↗ for Abstract Wikipedia and Wikifunctions. Please, come and read it!

In this issue, we discuss further our objectives for the new Wikimedia Foundation Fiscal Year, we show the latest community tool, we remind you of the Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia events at Wikimania 2026, and we take a look at the latest software developments.

Want to catch up with the previous updates? Check our archive ↗!

Enjoy the reading! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 09:43, 9 July 2026 (UTC)