Wikidata

Wikidata
Typewebsite
ShortcutWP:RSPWD
StatusGenerally unreliable Generally unreliable
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2024
Domain wikidata.org
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Summary

Wikidata is largely user-generated, and articles should not directly cite Wikidata as a source (just as it would be inappropriate to cite other Wikipedias' articles as sources). See also: Wikidata transcluded statements.

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Wikidata is a collaboratively edited multilingual knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is a source of open data released under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. It is for the use of both Wikimedia and external projects. Wikidata is a wiki powered by the software MediaWiki, including its extension for semi-structured data, the Wikibase. As of early 2025, Wikidata had 1.65 billion item statements (semantic triples).

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Recency

2024

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    Perennial sources
    Source Status
    (legend)    		 Discussions Use
    List Last Summary
    Wikidata
    WP:RSPWDWP:RSPWD 📌    		 Generally unreliable Request for comment 2013 Request for comment 2018

    2024

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