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amazing progress on this new WMF project - probably needs updating once or twice a week to keep up with the stats
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{{Wiki
{{Wiki
|URL               = http://www.wikidata.org
|URL             = https://www.wikidata.org
|logo             = http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Wikidata-logo-en.svg/180px-Wikidata-logo-en.svg.png
|logo             = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Wikidata-logo-en.svg/180px-Wikidata-logo-en.svg.png
|wide logo         = <!--insert 'y' when the logo is too wide AND/OR the title is too long-->
|wide logo       = <!--insert 'y' when the logo is too wide AND/OR the title is too long-->
|recentchanges URL = http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
|recentchanges URL= https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500
|wikinode URL     = No <!--http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/WikiNode - If none, use 'No'-->
|wikinode URL     = No <!--https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/WikiNode - If none, use 'No'-->
|status           = New
|about URL        = https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:About
|language         = Multilingual
|status           = Vibrant
|editmode         = OpenEdit
|language         = Multilingual
|engine           = MediaWiki
|editmode         = OpenEdit
|license           = MultiLicense
|engine           = MediaWiki
|maintopic         = Wikidata
|license         = MultiLicense
|backupurl         = <!--backup file URL, found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia sites-->
|maintopic       = Wikidata
|backupdate       = 2012-MM-DD <!--ISO date of backup URL, if unknown, type 'unknown date'-->
|backupurl       = <!--backup file URL, found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia sites-->
|backupdate       = 2012-MM-DD <!--ISO date of backup URL, if unknown, type 'unknown date'-->
}}{{see also|Referata Wikidata}}
}}{{see also|Referata Wikidata}}
'''Wikidata''' – ''the free knowledge base that anyone can edit'' – is a new {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} hosted and maintained project, {{tag|FoundedIn2012|founded 2012}}.  Wikidata aims to create a free {{tag|knowledge}} base about the {{tag|earth|world}} that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike.  It will provide {{tag|data}} in all the [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia]] projects, and allow for the central access to data in a similar vein as [[Wikimedia Commons]] does for multimedia files.  Wikimedia Wikidata uses a {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|dual licensing}} scheme: "All structured data from the main and property namespace is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)|Creative Commons CC0 License}}; text in the other namespaces is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License}}".
'''Wikidata''' – ''the free knowledge base that anyone can edit'' – is a new {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF) hosted and maintained project, {{tag|FoundedIn2012|founded 2012}}.


Wikidata is currently used extensively by [[OmegaWiki]].
Wikidata aims to create a free {{tag|knowledge}}-base about the {{tag|earth|world}} that can be read and edited by [[:Category:People|humans]] and machines alike.  It will provide {{tag|data}} in all the [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia]] projects, and allow for the central access to data in a similar vein as [[Wikimedia Commons]] does for multimedia files.  Wikimedia Wikidata uses a {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|dual licensing}} scheme: "All structured data from the main and property namespace is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)|Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication CC0 License}}; text in the other namespaces is available under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike 3.0 License}}".
 
Prior to its WMF rollout, Wikidata was originaly used extensively by [[OmegaWiki]].


;Links
;Links
*[[meta-wiki:Wikidata|Wikidata]] at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
*[[meta-wiki:Wikidata|Wikidata]] at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
*[http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de Wikidata demo system] at Wikimedia.de
*[http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de Wikidata demo system] at Wikimedia.de
*[http://blog.wikimedia.de/2012/04/04/meet-the-wikidata-team/ Development team blog]
*[https://blog.wikimedia.de/2012/04/04/meet-the-wikidata-team/ Development team blog] at blog.Wikimedia.de
{{Size
*[https://twitter.com/wikidata Twitter feed]
|pages     = 17 <!--Necessary. Type the plain number of pages - NO thousands separators.-->
*[https://www.facebook.com/Wikidata Facebook page]
|statistics URL = http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
*[https://plus.google.com/105776413863749545202 Google Plus page]
|wikiFactor = <!--Preferred. If unknown leave void. See: Category:wikiFactor.-->
{{Size <!--see Template:Size for full detail-->
|wikiFactor URL = <!--Source of wF (often 'PopularPages' or 'MostVisitedPages') - see Template:Size. If unknown leave void.-->
|pages= 5763149 <!--type the plain number of pages - NO thousands separators-->
}}(As of: 27 November 2012)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
|statistics URL= https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
 
|wikiFactor= <!--preferred, if unknown leave void, see: Category:wikiFactor-->
 
|wikiFactor URL= <!--wF source (often 'PopularPages', 'Mostvisitedpages', 'PageHits') - if unknown leave void-->
}}(As of: 08 March 2013)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
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