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'''Wikidata''' [http://wikidata.org (.org)] is a [[w:knowledge base|knowledge base]], an effort to store and serve structured data to [[Wikimedia]] wikis and to a more limited extent to other parties. Wikidata effort saw the daylight in [[2012]].  
* '''[[w:Wikidata|Wikidata]]''' [http://wikidata.org (.org)] is a [[w:knowledge base|knowledge base]], an effort to store and serve structured data to [[Wikimedia]] wikis and to a more limited extent to other parties. Wikidata effort saw the daylight in [[2012]].  


The software developed is known as the '''[[Wikibase]]''' extension.  
The underlying software is the '''[[Wikibase]]''' which consists of 2 [[Mediawiki]] extensions, the repository extension and the client extension.  


Wikibase allows [[interwiki]] links to be managed with Wikidata removing much contributor annoyanges, redundancy and error-proneness.
Wikibase allows [[interwiki]] links to be managed with Wikidata removing much contributor annoyanges, redundancy and error-proneness.
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== Useful information ==
* [[wikidata:Wikidata:Tools/External_tools|Wikidata's list of external tools that make use of Wikidata's knowledge]]


'''More info'''  
'''More info'''  
* [[m:Wikidata|Metawiki on Wikidata]]
* [[m:Wikidata|Metawiki on Wikidata]]
* [[w:Wikidata|Wikipedia article on Wikidata]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikidata|Wikipedia advice on Wikidata issues]]  
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikidata|Wikipedia advice on Wikidata issues]]  


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