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Victor Murari @victormurari.bsky.social · 8h

Listen to Wikipedia (Hatnote) turns real-time edits from Wikipedia and Wikidata into sound, a generative symphony of human knowledge in motion.
Exactly the kind of nerdy thing I love.
listen.hatnote.com#wikidata

#Wikidata #DigitalArt #DataSonification #NerdJoy

Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia

Listen to recent changes on Wikipedia

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 1d

We’ll highlight some of them over the coming weeks — but you can explore them all now: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikida...
#OpenData #wikidatastories

Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Wikidata Impact Stories - a collection of uses of Wikidata being used in the world

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Sabine von Mering @svmering.bsky.social · 5d

Our article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" is part of this new issue of @annbot.bsky.social
See: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Result of a great #collaboration @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social Heidi Meudt! #Wikidata #LOD

Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 8d

🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online!

🧬 Symbiosis, physiology & molecular responses
🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions
🌾 Nutrients & root processes
📊 Open data & measurements
🌱 Seeds, seedlings & climate change

New issue👉 botany.fyi/91590f

#PlantScience #Botany

The cover image shows the Australian Queen of Sheba orchid, a plant which exhibits floral deception by mimicking buzz-pollinated tinsel lilies. Floral trait analyses, pollinator observations, and reproductive success metrics reveal how visual and olfactory signals interact to attract shared pollinators, advancing our understanding of the complex evolution of mimicry in deceptive pollination systems. [See Scaccabarozzi et al., pp. 583–595.]

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Moebeus @moebeus.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Week 40, 2025: What @wikidata album languages grew the most this week?

Hassaniya Arabic speakers double their musical footprint!🥇🇲🇷🇲🇱🇲🇦🇸🇳🇪🇭🎉

📊 #wikidata 🎶🎵 #exmusica

#hassaniyaarabic
#لهجةحسانية
#لحسانية

Chart showing Wikidata album languages with the most growth. Week 40, 2025.

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Join the next Wikidata + Wikibase Office Hours!
🕓 15 Oct 2025 · 16:00 UTC / 18:00 Berlin
💬 On Telegram: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...

Hear updates from the dev team + bring your questions & ideas. See you there!

Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 2d

🧩 Developers who use Wikidata’s data dumps -- we want to hear from you!
💬 Your feedback will help us make data dumps easier and more reliable to use.

🕒 If you’re open to chatting, we’ll schedule a 60-min user interview and would love your insights!

👇 Sign up here
🔗 greatquestion.co/wikimediade...

Data dumps interviews

Are you a developer who has downloaded data dumps? Help us improve them! In the following sign-up survey you'll be asked: - a few questions about your experience - some optional demographic questions (to help ensure we hear from a diverse range of users) It should take less than 5 minutes.

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 4d

Wikidata's vector embedding and MCP are now live, making 30M+ Items accessible for natural language search.

Join the Oct 9 webinar to learn how the Embedding Project can help reduce AI hallucinations: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Event:...

A robot in Wikidata colours advertises the Wikidata Embedding Project webinar.

Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 6d

Artists on AI+Data, an @Art+Feminism Coversation, partner with @Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Artists Nora Al-Badri and Michael Mandiberg will discuss structured data, AI and how a feminist internet could look.

📅 Join onsite or online: 8 October, 18:30–20:00 CEST
🔗 Register to join: zurl.co/Pv0aH

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 7d

The Wikidata Embedding Project is now live!
Making Wikidata’s structured, multilingual knowledge directly usable for generative AI applications to be built on and integrate into LLMs.

Full announcement: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikida...
Public, freely accessible database: wd-vectordb.toolforge.org

Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 9d

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past
week!
LOST, Protoknowledge, MixMatch and WDQS GUI fixes are some of this week's topics: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikida...

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 13d

Wikidata is one of the most significant repositories of open knowledge on the planet. Read this Stephen Harrison interview that explores how this open, volunteer-driven database became the infrastructure for global knowledge ➡️ www.stephenharrison.com/p/how-wikida...

Colorful illustration featuring “Wikidata", showing people connecting data through pipes and devices. Text says: The open, collaborative Wikidata model is helping bridge languages, preserve information, and connect datasets across the world. Stephen Harrison, 4 August 2025

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 13d

Launching on 1 October, the new Wikidata Embedding Project offers semantic search across 30M knowledge entries, Model Context Protocol support, language support and open source alternatives to Big Tech

#SemanticSearch #MCPSupport #OpenAI

A checklist of common developer GenAI frustrations, solutions will be worked on in the Wikidata Embedding project

Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 15d

Launching on 1 October, the new Wikidata Embedding Project offers semantic search across 30M knowledge entries, Model Context Protocol support, language support and open source alternatives to Big Tech

#SemanticSearch #MCPSupport #OpenAI

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 16d

Gifts can be anything that celebrates Wikidata and its amazing community like a script you’ve written, a tool improvement, a visual, a poem, etc ... 🎉

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 16d

It’s also the perfect time to contribute a birthday present or message to this list: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...

Wikidata:Thirteenth Birthday/Presents & messages - Wikidata

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 16d

Are you planning to host a celebration for Wikidata's 13th birthday but haven’t added it to the calendar yet? Join the party of ~40 events already scheduled, and add yours too: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...

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Magnus Manske @magnusmanske.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 20d

Fun @wikidata query of the day:
~350 people who were married, then married the sibling of their previous spouse.
https://w.wiki/FN5J

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · 23d

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

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata in the past week. www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...

Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 5

As Big Tech locks knowledge behind paywalls, #Wikidata's 25,000+ contributors in 190 countries have built the world's largest free knowledge base. @LydiaPintscher tells @fastcompany.com how this open alternative powers projects globally, with no corporate gatekeepers: www.fastcompany.com/91391335...

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 4

🙏 A hearty thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal or request! We’ll need a few days to review everything and get back to you.

#wikidata #community #wikidatabirthday #wikidatacon2025

Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎂 The Wikidata 13th Birthday microgrant application period has also closed, and we are delighted by the community’s enthusiasm—we received so many requests! Selected grantees will be contacted via email or on-wiki. More info: w.wiki/F8Gu

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Wikidata @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Community update!

📅 The WikidataCon 2025 Call for Proposals closed a few days ago, and we are now reviewing the many fantastic submissions. Speakers will be notified by email about the outcome of their proposal.
Register for the event to receive updates: w.wiki/EKXz

Call for Proposal and Funding application deadlines have passed for WikidataCon 2025 and Wikidata 13th Birthday, please allow a few days to process the requests.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · Aug 30

A fabulous article by Tiago Lubiana, Wikimedian in Residence for @biodivlibrary.bsky.social, on the amazing work he completed during his time with BHL. #LoveBHL #Wikidata #WikiCommons #Wikipedia diff.wikimedia.org/2025/08/30/p...

Past, present and future: a Wikimedian-in-Residence at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

A shorter version of this post was published in the Biodiversity Heritage Library blog. The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is an international consortium dedicated to making historical works i…

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