Wikidata:Main Page
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Wikidata acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, and others.
Wikidata also provides support to many other sites and services beyond just Wikimedia projects! The content of Wikidata is available under a free license, exported using standard formats, and can be interlinked to other open data sets on the linked data web.![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160313131307im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Wikidata-logo_white.svg/27px-Wikidata-logo_white.svg.png)
- Learn all about Wikidata and how it works
- Check out a showcase item for author Douglas Adams
- Browse the Frequently Asked Questions
- Understand how to navigate the site
- Test out the software at the Wikidata sandbox
- Find help and relevant documentation
Start contributing:
- Find out how you can contribute
- Take an interactive tutorial and make your first edits
- Improve a random item
- Organize or attend an event
Go behind the scenes:
- Drop by the Community portal
- Say hello or ask a question on the Project chat
- Join a WikiProject to start working with others on a specific task or topic
Use or contribute data:
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- 2016-03-03: The twenty-three-millionth item, about a speech from TEDGlobal 2014, is created.
- 2016-02-01: Wikiversity deployment planned to start February 23th, check out the coordination page.
- 2016-01-09: The twenty-two-millionth item, about a 1950s Kurt Neumann film, is created.
- 2015-10-29: Wikidata turns three years old. Read about the past year and what is coming next.
- 2015-10-20: Meta, Wikispecies and MediaWiki get access to the sitelinks on Wikidata.
- 2015-09-22: The twenty-one-millionth item, about a phonetic rule in Alemannic, is created.
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item: Earth (Q2)
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property: Highest point (P610)
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custom value: Mount Everest (Q513)
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WikiProject Names.
"What's in a name?" asked Shakespeare's Juliet.
More:
- Check out Wikidata:Tools for some of our best tools and gadgets for using and exploring Wikidata.
- Browse our press clippings and collection of published research about Wikidata
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Wikipedia – Encyclopedia
Wiktionary – Dictionary and thesaurus
Wikibooks – Textbooks, manuals, and cookbooks
Wikinews – News
Wikiquote – Collection of quotations
Wikisource – Library
Wikiversity – Learning materials and activities
Wikivoyage – Travel guides
Wikispecies – Directory of species
Wikimedia Commons – Media repository
Incubator – New language versions
Meta-Wiki – Wikimedia project coordination
MediaWiki – Software documentation