Wikidata

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past week: https://lnkd.in/edTA3WjK

Lexica, a Wikidata-powered tool, wins the Coolest Tool Award at Wikimania! 🏆 Editing Lexemes directly on Wikidata requires contributors to understand concepts such as Lexemes, Senses, Forms, and their related properties before making a relatively small edit. This makes contributing to Wikidata Lexemes difficult, particularly for contributors using mobile devices or those unfamiliar with the Lexeme data model. 📱 Inspired by this challenge, the WikiCollabs team developed Lexica: a mobile friendly web application that makes it much easier to contribute to Wikidata’s lexicographical data. By simplifying editing and making contributions more accessible, Lexica has helped lower the barrier to participation for the Wikimedia community. In recognition of its impact, the Lexica team received the Coolest Tool Award at Wikimania in Paris. 🎉 Congratulations to the team and everyone involved in building tools that make contributing to free knowledge easier and more inclusive! Have you tried Lexica yet? What has your experience been like? Let us know in the comments! 💬 https://lnkd.in/e4fZSBJd #technology #OpenData #CommunityFirst #Wikimania

This Week on Wikidata – 20 July 2026: Catch up on the latest updates and community highlights. 👉 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/ewmHcSpi #wikidata

Heading to Wikimania Paris? Don’t miss the Wikidata sessions! 🇫🇷💙 From research to cultural heritage, data quality, and hands-on editing, these sessions showcase how Wikidata helps communities build and connect open knowledge. Whether you are a new contributor, experienced editor, researcher, developer, GLAM professional, or open knowledge enthusiast, you can join any of these sessions to learn, exchange ideas, and connect with the Wikidata community. Wikidata program link 🔗 in the comments ⬇️ Will we see you in Paris, or are you joining online? Let us know below 👇 #Wikidata #OpenData #LinkedData #Wikimania

This Week on Wikidata – 13 July 2026: Catch up on the latest updates and community highlights. 👉 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e7ggBvG6 Pictured: a London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) B-type bus (Q3820314) has been repurposed as a carrier-pigeon (Q138756) loft on the WWI battlefields.

Missed our Q3 Wikidata + Wikibase office hour? 📝 The full transcript is up now — catch up on what the linked open data (LOD) team's have been building: https://lnkd.in/ePJw994y Thanks to everyone who joined the conversation. See you at the next one! ✨

This Week on Wikidata – 6 July 2026: Catch up on the latest updates and community highlights. 👉 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eP3i972j Depicted: The Brussels Packet. Packet boats/ships are light-to-medium sized vessels mainly used for ferrying mail and freight.

🚨 Join us for the next Wikidata+Wikibase office hours. ✅Time: 16:00 UTC | 18:00 Berlin 8th July 2026 ✅Where? Wikidata Telegram chat: https://lnkd.in/eWj-v3AD 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. See you there!

This Week on Wikidata – 29 June 2026: Catch up on the latest updates and community highlights. 👉 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/evfwRzbw

Want to catch up on the WikiProjects Days 2026 sessions? The 📑 presentation slides and 🎬 video recordings are now available. If you missed a session or want to rewatch, just head over to the Event program and click the link from the session to catch-up! Any notes taken from the session will also be linked to an archive page in the session table! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dHJpSKaT #Wikidata #WikiProjectsDays2026