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Please find an array of interesting links and further information about Wikidata integrations into the Wikimedia projects!

Wikidata & Sibling Projects

• Wikidata Item Sibling/Wikidata Help pages
  sitelinks for finding the Wikidata Help page in the other Wikimedia projects
• Wikidata & Sister Projects
  Wikidata project page for planning and discussion about Wikidata deployment to any other Wikimedia Foundation Project. Within this project you can also find links to specific Projects, which are also linked below.
• Wikidata Property Proposal (for Sibling Projects)
  For proposing new Properties to be created in Wikidata, with intent for them to be used in/for sibling projects.
• Integrating Wikidata into the Wikimedia projects (YouTube) - a 2021 discussion on some of the ways Wikidata is being used in sibling projects

Wikipedia

• Wikidata in Wikipedia / Wikipedia:Wikidata
• Abstract Wikipedia - a project in development to utilize code functions to parse snippets of prose in Wikipedia articles and facts from Wikidata and translate to other languages. See also WikiFunctions
  • The Signpost: Multilingual Wikipedia - a blog entry from project creator Denny Vrandečić explains the genesis of the project and what it hopes to achieve.
• Authority control - information to explain purpose and context of the Wikidata-powered Authority control template used in Wikipedia.
  • Template:Authority control - links articles to library and catalogue systems. This template draws its values from Wikidata.

Wikisource

• Wikidata in Wikisource

Wikivoyage

• Wikidata in Wikivoyage
  • Wikivoyage expedition into Wikidata
  • Andorra: Prototype page for Wikidata use in Wikivoyage

Commons

• Wikidata in Commons
• Template: Wikidata Infobox - for adding Infoboxes to Commons Category pages
• Template:Authority Control - displays unique identifiers of the Commons page topic and links to corresponding entries in library catalogs and other authority files.
• Structured Data on Commons - enriches Commons media files with Wikidata-metadata that makes them more accessible, searchable, multilingual, query-able and machine-readable.

Wikiquote

• Wikidata in Wikiquote

Wiktionary

• Wikidata in Wiktionary
  • Wikidata Sitelinks in Wiktionary
  • Wiktionary & missing Wikidata sitelinks
• Extension: Cognate documentation (MediaWiki)

Wikibooks

• Wikidata in Wikibooks

Wikiversity

• Wikidata in Wikiversity

Wikinews

• Wikidata in Wikinews

Wikispecies

• Wikidata in Wikispecies

Wikifunctions

• Wikidata in Wikifunctions

Meta-Wiki

• Wikidata in Meta-Wiki

Incubator

• Wikidata in Incubator projects

MediaWiki

• Wikidata in MediaWiki

Sitelinks

• Help: Sitelinks - a primer documentation page on how and why a Wikidata item acts as a central hub for links to corresponding articles in the other Projects.
• Sitelinks-to-redirects - sometimes a single Wikidata entity or concept could be linked to multiple articles in another project (Bonnie & Clyde).
• Sitelinks: Badges - apply a badge to a Wikidata sitelink to quickly give more context of the connected article (commonly for the quality of the article)
• Special:Without Interwiki - list Wikipedia articles that are not connected to any corresponding article in another language.
• Special:Unconnected to Wikidata pages - list Wikipedia articles that are not connected to a corresponding Wikidata Item.

Infobox

• Module
  • Module: Infobox tutorial
• Template
  • Template:Wikidata Infobox-Person - this template is useful for articles on people, living or deceased.
• Wikidata Bridge - this project aims to make it possible to edit information on a Wikidata item directly from where that information is presented, for example, in a Wikipedia article Infobox.

Other Useful Links & Information

• Wikidata FAQ - Other Wikimedia Sites
  • Wikidata FAQ - Wikipedia and Wikidata
• Linking Wikidata Items in Wiki pages
• Wikidata Deployment: Questions
• Wikidata in Wikimedia projects
• How to use data on Wikimedia projects
• Watchlist entry integration - when data is being pulled from Wikidata to an article, it is important for transparency and accuracy to show changes / updates / edits and notify watchers to the Wikidata Item on the article page.

Modules, Templates & Extensions

• Templates using Wikidata - see which Wiki's are using which Templates that reuse Wikidata
• Extension:ArticlePlaceholder - an extension for Wikidata to automatically generate stub articles populated with a few key facts (stored on Wikidata)...encouraging editors to contribute and expand the article.
• Template:Wikidata Sitelink - template that will fetch the specified interlanguage link for the current article from Wikidata.
• Extension:Kartographer - insert maps into your articles. Wikidata can store ID's from 3rd party sites to enrich the map with Markers and shapes.
• Help - Extension:Kartographer - information on how to invoke Kartographer within an article and how to pull data from Wikidata.

3rd Party Applications

These apps pull data from Wikidata, Wikipedia and other sibling-project and combine them on a 3rd party platform.

WikiShootMe! Q26964791

WikiShootMe is a map that collates Wikidata Items, Commons images and Wikipedia articles into overlays so you can explore, enrich and add interesting places around you.

• Meta Information page - learn how to use and navigate around the tool, get familiar with its different features and provides links to its source code. A great introduction.
• The Whelming: All Your Tools Are Belong To Us - creator Magnus Manske introduces the tool and the inspiration behind it, as well as the technology behind it.
• Editing Wikipedia using WikiShootMe - this introduction to editing Wikipedia video provided by WM Ireland offers a guide on how to use WikiShootMe to find interesting locations and landmarks near you. You can create new articles, or see and contribute to existing ones.

Histropedia (Q23038974)

• Histropedia - The Timeline of Everything - A YouTube introduction from the Wikimedian In Residence - University of Edinburgh channel
• Histropedia: “The power of data visualisation combined with free knowledge” - This article on Wikimedia's Diff blog introduces how Histropedia came to be and the key players in its construction.
• Why Wikidata is so important to Histropedia - this guest article on the Wikimedia Deutschland blog explains why the Wikidata Knowledge graph is so important for creating the Timelines for Histropedia, and how Histropedia can help spread awareness and utility of Wikidata.
• Histropedia's Wikimania 2014 Submission
• The amazing power of Wikidata - a precursor article to the one above, this blog post from one of Histropedia's creators explains why the data source switched from Wikipedia, to Wikidata.

Moumental Q29167605

Somewhat like WikiShootMe!, this app will show you nearby Monuments and places of Heritage interest, collating data from Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons. You are encouraged to contribute and enrich the data.

• How to use Monumental to take part in Wiki Loves Monuments - a brief YouTube video guide.