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Wikidata is a free, collaborative, multilingual, secondary database, collecting structured data to provide support for Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, the other wikis of the Wikimedia movement, and to anyone in the world.  
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'''[[w:Wikidata|Wikidata]]''' is a [[w:Free content|free]], [[w:Collaborative editing|collaborative]], [[w:Multilingualism|multilingual]], secondary [[w:Database|database]], collecting structured data to provide support for [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], the other [[w:Wiki|wikis]] of the [[<tvar name="wmm">Help:Wikimedia</tvar>|Wikimedia movement]], and to anyone in the world.</translate>
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== What does this mean? ==
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* Free. The data in Wikidata is published under the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0, allowing the reuse of the data in many different scenarios. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the data, even for commercial purposes, without asking for permission.
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* Collaborative. Data is entered and maintained by Wikidata editors, who decide on the rules of content creation and management. Automated bots also enter data into Wikidata.
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* Multilingual. Editing, consuming, browsing, and reusing the data is fully multilingual. Data entered in any language is immediately available in all other languages. Editing in any language is possible and encouraged.
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* A secondary database. Wikidata records not just statements, but also their sources, and connections to other databases. This reflects the diversity of knowledge available and supports the notion of verifiability.
* <translate><!--T:7--> '''Free.''' The data in Wikidata is published under the [<tvar name="1">//creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</tvar> Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0], allowing the reuse of the data in many different scenarios. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the data, even for commercial purposes, without asking for permission.</translate>
* Collecting structured data. Imposing a high degree of structured organization allows for easy reuse of data by Wikimedia projects and third parties, and enables computers to process and “understand” it.
* <translate><!--T:8--> '''Collaborative.''' Data is entered and maintained by Wikidata editors, who decide on the rules of content creation and management. Automated [[<tvar name="bots">Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Bots</tvar>|bots]] also enter data into Wikidata.</translate>
* Support for Wikimedia wikis. Wikidata assists Wikipedia with more easily maintainable information boxes and links to other languages, thus reducing editing workload while improving quality. Updates in one language are made available to all other languages.
* <translate><!--T:9--> '''Multilingual.''' Editing, consuming, browsing, and reusing the data is fully multilingual. Data entered in any language is immediately available in all other languages. Editing in any language is possible and encouraged.</translate>
* Anyone in the world. Anyone can use Wikidata for any number of different ways by using its application programming interface.
* <translate><!--T:10--> '''A secondary database.''' Wikidata records not just statements, but also their sources, and connections to other databases. This reflects the diversity of knowledge available and supports the notion of verifiability.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:11--> '''Collecting structured data.''' Imposing a high degree of structured organization allows for easy reuse of data by Wikimedia projects and third parties, and enables computers to process and “understand” it.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:12--> '''Support for Wikimedia wikis.''' Wikidata assists Wikipedia with more easily maintainable information boxes and links to other languages, thus reducing editing workload while improving quality. Updates in one language are made available to all other languages.</translate>
* <translate><!--T:13--> '''Anyone in the world.''' Anyone can use Wikidata for any number of different ways by using its application programming interface.</translate>
 
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== How does Wikidata work? == <!--T:43-->
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[[{{LM|Datamodel in Wikidata|svg}}|thumb|upright=2.0|<translate><!--T:54--> This diagram of a '''Wikidata item''' shows you the most important terms in Wikidata.</translate>]]
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Wikidata is a central storage repository that can be accessed by others, such as the [[<tvar name="wiki">Help:Wiki</tvar>|wikis]] maintained by the  [<tvar name="wmf">//wikimediafoundation.org/</tvar> Wikimedia Foundation]. Content loaded dynamically from Wikidata does not need to be maintained in each individual wiki project. For example, statistics, dates, locations, and other common data can be centralized in Wikidata.
 
=== The Wikidata repository === <!--T:45-->
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[[{{LM|Linked Data - San Francisco|svg}}|thumb|270px|<translate><!--T:27--> Items and their data are interconnected.</translate>]]
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The Wikidata repository consists mainly of '''[[<tvar name="items">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Items</tvar>|items]]''', each one having a [[<tvar name="labels">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Label</tvar>|label]], a [[<tvar name="descr">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Description</tvar>|description]] and any number of [[<tvar name="aliases">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Aliases</tvar>|aliases]]. Items are uniquely identified by a <tvar name="q-prefix"><code><nowiki>Q</nowiki></code></tvar> followed by a number, such as <tvar name="q">{{Q|42}}</tvar>.
 
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'''[[<tvar name="statements">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements</tvar>|Statements]]''' describe detailed characteristics of an Item and consist of a '''[[<tvar name="properties">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Properties</tvar>|property]]''' and a '''[[<tvar name="values">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements#Values</tvar>|value]]'''. Properties in Wikidata have a <tvar name="p-prefix"><code><nowiki>P</nowiki></code></tvar> followed by a number, such as with <tvar name="p">{{P|69}}</tvar>.
 
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For a person, you can add a property to specify where they were educated, by specifying a value for a school. For buildings, you can assign geographic coordinates properties by specifying longitude and latitude values. Properties can also link to external databases. A property that links an item to an external database, such as an authority control database used by libraries and archives, is called an '''identifier'''. Special [[<tvar name="sitelinks">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sitelinks</tvar>|Sitelinks]] connect an item to corresponding content on client wikis, such as Wikipedia, Wikibooks or Wikiquote.
 
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All this information can be displayed in any language, even if the data originated in a different language. When accessing these values, client wikis will show the most up-to-date data.</translate>
 
{| class="wikitable"
!scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | <translate><!--T:61--> [[<tvar name="items">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Items</tvar>|Item]]</translate>
!scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | <translate><!--T:62--> [[<tvar name="properties">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Properties</tvar>|Property]]</translate>
!scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | <translate><!--T:63--> [[<tvar name="values">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements#Values</tvar>|Value]]</translate>
|- lang="zxx"
|Q42
|P69
|Q691283
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|{{label|P69}}
|{{label|Q691283}}
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=== Working with Wikidata === <!--T:47-->
 
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There are a number of ways to access Wikidata using built-in tools, external tools, or programming interfaces.
 
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* [<tvar name="query">https://query.wikidata.org</tvar> Wikidata Query] and [<tvar name="reasonator">https://reasonator.toolforge.org/</tvar> Reasonator] are some of the popular tools to search for and examine Wikidata items. The '''[[<tvar name="tours">Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tools</tvar>|tools]]''' page has an extensive list of interesting projects to explore.
* Client wikis can access data for their pages using a [[<tvar name="mw-lua">mw:Extension:Wikibase Client/Lua</tvar>|Lua Scribunto interface]]. You can retrieve all data independently using the [[<tvar name="api">Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:API</tvar>|Wikidata API]].
 
== Where to get started == <!--T:51-->
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The '''[[<tvar name="tours">Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tours</tvar>|Wikidata tours]]''', designed for new users, are the best place to learn more about Wikidata.</translate>
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<translate><!--T:25--> Some links to get started:</translate>
* <translate><!--T:55--> Set your [[<tvar name="help">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Navigating Wikidata/User Options</tvar>|user options]], especially the 'Babel' extension, to choose your language preferences</translate>
* <translate><!--T:38--> Help with missing [[<tvar name="labels">Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:WikiProject Labels and descriptions</tvar>|labels and descriptions]]</translate>
* <translate><!--T:39--> Help with [[<tvar name="interwiki">Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts</tvar>|interwiki conflicts]] and [[<tvar name="table">Wikidata:Database reports/Constraint violations/Summary</tvar>|constraint violations]]</translate>
* <translate><!--T:41--> [[<tvar name="random">Special:Random</tvar>|Improve a random item]]</translate>
* <translate><!--T:52--> [[<tvar name="translate">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Multilingual</tvar>|Help translating]]</translate>
 
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== How can I contribute? == <!--T:22-->
 
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Go ahead and [[<tvar name="help-ed">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing</tvar>|start editing]]. Editing is the best way to learn about the structure and concepts of Wikidata. If you would like to gain understanding of Wikidata's concepts upfront, you may want to have a look at the [[<tvar name="help">Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents</tvar>|help pages]]. If you have questions, please feel free to drop them in the [[Wikidata:Project chat|project chat]] or [[<tvar name="contacts">Wikidata:Contact the development team</tvar>|contact the development team]].
 
== There is more to come == <!--T:49-->
 
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Wikidata is an ongoing project that is under active development. More [[<tvar name="glossary">Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Glossary#Datatypes</tvar>|data types]] as well as extensions will be available in the future. You can find more information about Wikidata and its ongoing development on the [[<tvar name="meta-wd">meta:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata</tvar>|Wikidata page on Meta]]. Subscribe to the [[<tvar name="1">mail:wikidata</tvar>|Wikidata mailing list]] to receive up-to-date information about the development and to participate in discussions about the future of the project.
 
==See also== <!--T:83-->
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* {{ll|Help:Contents}}
* [[meta:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata/Help|<translate><!--T:84--> Help page at Meta</translate>]]
* {{ll|Wikidata:Glossary}}
 
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Revision as of 12:59, 22 November 2023

Wikidata is a free, collaborative, multilingual, secondary database, collecting structured data to provide support for Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, the other wikis of the Wikimedia movement, and to anyone in the world.

What does this mean?

Let's look at the opening statement in more detail:

  • Free. The data in Wikidata is published under the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0, allowing the reuse of the data in many different scenarios. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the data, even for commercial purposes, without asking for permission.
  • Collaborative. Data is entered and maintained by Wikidata editors, who decide on the rules of content creation and management. Automated bots also enter data into Wikidata.
  • Multilingual. Editing, consuming, browsing, and reusing the data is fully multilingual. Data entered in any language is immediately available in all other languages. Editing in any language is possible and encouraged.
  • A secondary database. Wikidata records not just statements, but also their sources, and connections to other databases. This reflects the diversity of knowledge available and supports the notion of verifiability.
  • Collecting structured data. Imposing a high degree of structured organization allows for easy reuse of data by Wikimedia projects and third parties, and enables computers to process and “understand” it.
  • Support for Wikimedia wikis. Wikidata assists Wikipedia with more easily maintainable information boxes and links to other languages, thus reducing editing workload while improving quality. Updates in one language are made available to all other languages.
  • Anyone in the world. Anyone can use Wikidata for any number of different ways by using its application programming interface.
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