Wikidata:Main Page
Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines.
Wikidata acts as central storage for thestructured dataof its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and others.
Wikidata also provides support to many other sites and services beyond just Wikimedia projects! The content of Wikidata isavailable under a free license,exported using standard formats,andcan be interlinked to other open data setson the linked data web.
Learn about Wikidata
- What is Wikidata? Read theWikidata introduction.
- Explore Wikidata by looking at a featured showcase item for authorDouglas Adams(Q42).
- Get started with Wikidata'sSPARQL query service.
Contribute to Wikidata
- Learn to edit Wikidata: follow thetutorials.
- Work with other volunteers on a subject that interests you:join a WikiProject.
- Individuals and organizations can alsodonate data.
Meet the Wikidata community
- Visit thecommunity portalor attend aWikidata event.
- Create auser account.
- Talk and ask questions on theProject chat,Telegram groups,or thelive IRC chatconnect.
Use data from Wikidata
- Learn how you canretrieve and use data from Wikidata.
- 2024-11-21: Coming up:Data Reuse Days 2025,an online event focusing on people using Wikidata's data on applications and tools, 18-27 February 2025, online.
- 2024-10-29: Wikidata is now 12 years old!Happy birthday!
- 2024-10-15: The Wikidata development team held the Q4office hourson October 16 at 16:00 UTC. They talked about what they've been working on in the past quarter.Session logis available.
- 2024-08-28:The one hundred and thirty millionth item,a scholarly article, is created.
- 2024-07-10: The Wikidata development team held the Q3Wikidata+Wikibase office houron July 10th at 16:00 UTC. They presented their work from the past quarter and discussed what's coming next for Q3. Find the session loghere.
- 2024-05-07: Wikidata records its231th edit,the revision IDs not fitting into 32-bit signed integer anymore
New to the wonderful world of data?Develop and improve your data literacy through contentdesigned to get you up to speed and feeling comfortable with the fundamentals in no time.
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custom value:Mount Everest(Q513)
Innovative applications and contributions from the Wikidata community
Featured WikiProject:
WikiProject Music
Wikiproject Music is home to editors that help add data about artists, music releases, tracks, awards, and performances! Additionally, importing from and linking Wikidata with the many music databases and streaming services is another focus of the project. Read about our data model on ourproject pageand comechat with uson Telegram.
More:
- Check outWikidata:Toolsfor some of our best tools and gadgets for using and exploring Wikidata.
Know of an interesting project or research conducted using Wikidata? You can nominate content to be featured on the Main pagehere!
Wikipedia– Encyclopedia
Wiktionary– Dictionary and thesaurus
Wikibooks– Textbooks, manuals, and cookbooks
Wikinews– News
Wikiquote– Collection of quotations
Wikisource– Library
Wikiversity– Learning resources
Wikivoyage– Travel guides
Wikispecies– Directory of species
Wikifunctions– Free software functions
Wikimedia Commons– Media repository
Incubator– New language versions
Meta-Wiki– Wikimedia project coordination
MediaWiki– Software documentation