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Isingeniso (100% translated)" lang="zu" dir="ltr">isiZulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Wikidata:Introduzione (100% translated)" lang="it" dir="ltr">italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/lv" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Wikidata:Ievads (54% translated)" lang="lv" dir="ltr">latviešu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/lt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Vikiduomenys:Įvadas (24% translated)" lang="lt" dir="ltr">lietuvių</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/hu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Wikidata:Bevezető (89% translated)" lang="hu" dir="ltr">magyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/nb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Wikidata:Introduksjon (89% translated)" lang="nb" dir="ltr">norsk bokmål</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/oc" class="mw-pt-progress 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mw-pt-progress--med" title="Вікізвесткі:Уводзіны (30% translated)" lang="be" dir="ltr">беларуская</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/be-tarask" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Вікізьвесткі:Уводзіны (76% translated)" lang="be-tarask" dir="ltr">беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/bg" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Уикиданни:Въведение (86% translated)" lang="bg" dir="ltr">български</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ky" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Викимаалымат:Киришүү (3% translated)" lang="ky" dir="ltr">кыргызча</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/mk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Википодатоци:Вовед (54% translated)" lang="mk" dir="ltr">македонски</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Викиданные:Введение (100% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/sah" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Wikidata:Introduction/sah (41% translated)" lang="sah" dir="ltr">саха тыла</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/sr-ec" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Wikidata:Увод (3% translated)" lang="sr-Cyrl" dir="ltr">српски (ћирилица)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/sr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Википодаци:Увод (84% translated)" lang="sr" dir="ltr">српски / srpski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/tt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Викимәгълүмат:Кереш (19% translated)" lang="tt" dir="ltr">татарча / tatarça</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/tg" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Wikidata:Introduction/tg (3% translated)" lang="tg" dir="ltr">тоҷикӣ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Вікідані:Вступ (100% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/kk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Уикидерек:Кіріспе (8% translated)" lang="kk" dir="ltr">қазақша</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/hy" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Վիքիտվյալներ:Ներածություն (89% translated)" lang="hy" dir="ltr">հայերեն</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/yi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="וויקידאטן:אריינפיר (38% translated)" lang="yi" dir="rtl">ייִדיש</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/he" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="ויקינתונים: מבוא (100% translated)" lang="he" dir="rtl">עברית</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ur" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="ویکی ڈیٹا:تعارف (100% translated)" lang="ur" dir="rtl">اردو</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="ويكي بيانات: مقدمة (100% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ms-arab" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ويکيداتا:ڤڠنلن (5% translated)" lang="ms-Arab" dir="rtl">بهاس ملايو</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/sd" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="وڪيڊيٽا:تعارف (32% translated)" lang="sd" dir="rtl">سنڌي</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="ویکی‌داده:مقدمه (100% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/arz" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Wikidata:Introduction/arz (11% translated)" lang="arz" dir="rtl">مصرى</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/pnb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="واذا – جالي اخويا (22% translated)" lang="pnb" dir="rtl">پنجابی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ps" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ويکيډاټا:پېژندنه (16% translated)" lang="ps" dir="rtl">پښتو</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ckb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Wikidata:ناساندن (5% translated)" lang="ckb" dir="rtl">کوردی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ks-arab" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="وِکی ڈیٹا:تَعارُف (59% translated)" lang="ks-Arab" dir="rtl">کٲشُر</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/anp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="विकिडेटा:परिचय (5% translated)" lang="anp" dir="ltr">अंगिका</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ks" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="وِکی ڈیٹا:پیشکَش (46% translated)" lang="ks" dir="rtl">कॉशुर / کٲشُر</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ne" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="विकिडेटा: परिचय (27% translated)" lang="ne" dir="ltr">नेपाली</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/bho" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="विकिडाटा:परिचय (3% translated)" lang="bho" dir="ltr">भोजपुरी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/mr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="विकिडाटा:ओळख (49% translated)" lang="mr" dir="ltr">मराठी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/hi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Wikidata:परिचय (89% translated)" lang="hi" dir="ltr">हिन्दी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="উইকিউপাত্ত:ভূমিকা (100% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/pa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="ਵਿਕੀਡੇਟਾ:ਜਾਣ-ਪਛਾਣ (84% translated)" lang="pa" dir="ltr">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="વિકિડેટા:પરિચય (32% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/or" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ଉଇକିଡାଟା:ଉପକ୍ରମ (14% translated)" lang="or" dir="ltr">ଓଡ଼ିଆ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ta" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="விக்கித்தரவு:அறிமுகம் (30% translated)" lang="ta" dir="ltr">தமிழ்</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/te" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="వికీడేటా:పరిచయం (100% translated)" lang="te" dir="ltr">తెలుగు</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/kn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="ವಿಕಿಡೇಟಾ:ಪರಿಚಯ (89% translated)" lang="kn" dir="ltr">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ml" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="വിക്കിഡാറ്റ:ആമുഖം (86% translated)" lang="ml" dir="ltr">മലയാളം</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/si" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="විකිදත්ත:හැඳින්වීම (35% translated)" lang="si" dir="ltr">සිංහල</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="วิกิสนเทศ:บทนำ (100% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/blk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ဝီခီဒေတာ:ငဝ်းတယ်ႏအွဉ် (11% translated)" lang="blk" dir="ltr">ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/mnw" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ဝဳကဳဒေတာ: ပရေၚ်ဆက်မိတ် (3% translated)" lang="mnw" dir="ltr">ဘာသာမန်</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/my" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ဝီကီဒေတာ:နိဒါန်း (46% translated)" lang="my" dir="ltr">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/xmf" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ვიკიმუნაჩემეფი:დაჭყაფუ (59% translated)" lang="xmf" dir="ltr">მარგალური</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ka" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ვიკიმონაცემები:შესავალი (16% translated)" lang="ka" dir="ltr">ქართული</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ti" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Wikidata:Introductions (3% translated)" lang="ti" dir="ltr">ትግርኛ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/am" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ዊኪዳታ:መግቢያ (16% translated)" lang="am" dir="ltr">አማርኛ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/sat" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱰᱟᱴᱟ: ᱩᱱᱩᱯᱩᱨᱩᱢ (5% translated)" lang="sat" dir="ltr">ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="维基数据:简介 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/lzh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="維基數據：介紹 (76% translated)" lang="lzh" dir="ltr">文言</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Wikidata:はじめに (100% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/yue" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="維基數據:介紹 (100% translated)" lang="yue" dir="ltr">粵語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/syl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ꠃꠁꠇꠤꠒꠣꠐꠣ ꠪ ꠙꠞꠤꠌꠤꠔꠤ (3% translated)" lang="syl" dir="ltr">ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/mni" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ꯋꯤꯀꯤꯗꯥꯇꯥ:ꯋꯥꯍꯧꯗꯣꯛ (30% translated)" lang="mni" dir="ltr">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="위키데이터:소개 (89% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div style="font-size:1.45em;"> <p><b>Wikidata</b> is a free, collaborative, multilingual, secondary database, collecting structured data to provide support for Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, the other wikis of the <a href="/wiki/Help:Wikimedia" title="Help:Wikimedia">Wikimedia movement</a>, and to anyone in the world. </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_does_this_mean?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_does_this_mean?"><span id="What_does_this_mean.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_does_this_mean?"></span>What does this mean?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_does_this_mean?"></span></h2></div> <p>Let's look at the opening statement in more detail: </p> <div class="tocright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1355920205">.mw-parser-output .tocright{float:right;clear:right;margin-bottom:.5em;padding:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em;background:none}</style><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#What_does_this_mean?"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">What does this mean?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#How_does_Wikidata_work?"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">How does Wikidata work?</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#The_Wikidata_repository"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">The Wikidata repository</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Working_with_Wikidata"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Working with Wikidata</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Where_to_get_started"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Where to get started</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#How_can_I_contribute?"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">How can I contribute?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <ul><li><b>Free.</b> The data in Wikidata is published under <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">a free license</a>, allowing the reuse of the data in many different scenarios.</li> <li><b>Collaborative.</b> The data in Wikidata is entered and maintained by Wikidata editors, who decide on the rules of content creation and management in Wikidata.</li> <li><b>Multilingual.</b> 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.</li> <li><span class="mw-translate-fuzzy"><b>A secondary database.</b> 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.</span></li> <li><b>Collecting structured data.</b> 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.</li> <li><b>Support for Wikimedia wikis.</b> 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.</li> <li><span class="mw-translate-fuzzy"><b>Anyone in the world.</b> Anyone can use Wikidata for any number of different ways by using its application programming interface.</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_does_Wikidata_work?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_does_Wikidata_work?"><span id="How_does_Wikidata_work.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_does_Wikidata_work?"></span>How does Wikidata work?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_does_Wikidata_work?"></span></h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Datamodel_in_Wikidata.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Datamodel_in_Wikidata.svg/440px-Datamodel_in_Wikidata.svg.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Datamodel_in_Wikidata.svg/660px-Datamodel_in_Wikidata.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Datamodel_in_Wikidata.svg/880px-Datamodel_in_Wikidata.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="966" data-file-height="694"/></a><figcaption>This diagram of a <b>Wikidata item</b> shows you the most important terms in Wikidata.</figcaption></figure> <p>Wikidata is a central storage repository that can be accessed by others, such as the <a href="/wiki/Help:Wiki" title="Help:Wiki">wikis</a> maintained by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation</a>. 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Wikidata_repository" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_Wikidata_repository-How_does_Wikidata_work?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_Wikidata_repository-How_does_Wikidata_work?"></span>The Wikidata repository<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_Wikidata_repository-How_does_Wikidata_work?"></span></h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linked_Data_-_San_Francisco.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Linked_Data_-_San_Francisco.svg/270px-Linked_Data_-_San_Francisco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Linked_Data_-_San_Francisco.svg/405px-Linked_Data_-_San_Francisco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Linked_Data_-_San_Francisco.svg/540px-Linked_Data_-_San_Francisco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="473"/></a><figcaption>Items and their data are interconnected.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Wikidata repository consists mainly of <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Items" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Items">items</a></b>, each one having a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Label" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Label">label</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Description" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Description">description</a> and any number of <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Aliases" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Aliases">aliases</a>. Items are uniquely identified by a <code>Q</code> followed by a number, such as <a href="/wiki/Q42" title="Q42">Douglas Adams <small>(Q42)</small></a>. </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements">Statements</a></b> describe detailed characteristics of an Item and consist of a <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Properties" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Properties">property</a></b> and a <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements#Values" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements">value</a></b>. Properties in Wikidata have a <code>P</code> followed by a number, such as with <a href="/wiki/Property:P69" title="Property:P69">educated at <small dir="ltr">(P69)</small></a>. </p><p>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 <b>identifier</b>. Special <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sitelinks" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sitelinks">Sitelinks</a> connect an item to corresponding content on client wikis, such as Wikipedia, Wikibooks or Wikiquote. </p><p>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. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 150px;"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Items" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Items">Item</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 150px;"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Properties" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Properties">Property</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 150px;"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements#Values" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Statements">Value</a> </th></tr> <tr lang="zxx"> <td>Q42 </td> <td>P69 </td> <td>Q691283 </td></tr> <tr lang=""> <td>Douglas Adams </td> <td>educated at </td> <td>St John's College </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Working_with_Wikidata" data-mw-thread-id="h-Working_with_Wikidata-How_does_Wikidata_work?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Working_with_Wikidata-How_does_Wikidata_work?"></span>Working with Wikidata<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Working_with_Wikidata-How_does_Wikidata_work?"></span></h3></div> <p>There are a number of ways to access Wikidata using built-in tools, external tools, or programming interfaces. </p> <div class="mw-translate-fuzzy"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://query.wikidata.org">Wikidata Query</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://reasonator.toolforge.org/">Reasonator</a> are some of the popular tools to search for and examine Wikidata items. The <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tools" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Tools">tools</a></b> page has an extensive list of interesting projects to explore.</li> <li>Client wikis can access data for their pages using a <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase_Client/Lua" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Wikibase Client/Lua">Lua Scribunto interface</a>. 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