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Wikidata:About/Wikidata
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[[File:Wikidata-logo-proposal-2s.png|thumb|150px|The Wikidata project logo]]
'''Wikidata''' aims to create a free knowledge base about the world that can be read and edited by humans and machines alike. It will provide data in all the languages of the Wikimedia projects, and allow for the central access to data in a similar vein as Wikimedia Commons does for multimedia files. Wikidata is proposed as a new Wi(contracted; show full)

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* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l Wikidata mailing list] is used for announcements, discussions, and input gathering about the project ([http://answerpot.com/forumdisplay.php?4-L311485-Wikidata-l threaded view])
* Wikidata IRC channel {{Channel|wikimedia-wikidata}} on freenode is used for real-time discussions about the project.
* @wikidata on [http://twitter.com/wikidata Twitter] and [http://identi.ca/wikidata identi.ca] for regular short project updates.

* [[Global message delivery/Targets/Wikidata|Newsletter]] for getting regular updates posted to your talk page.⏎
* [[Wikidata/Events|Events]] keeps track of Wikidata-related events like conferences and IRC office hours.
* [[Wikidata/Press|Press]] collects links to Wikidata in the press. blogs and co.
* [http://blog.wikimedia.de/tag/wikidata/ Wikidata blog posts] on WM-DE blog (some of them are in German) and [//blog.wikimedia.org/c/technology/wikidata/ WMF blog]⏎
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Regular summaries of the activities around Wikidata are posted on [[Wikidata/Status updates|Status updates]].

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The current status and timeplan for Wikidata is:

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* The Wikidata development team started working on the technical proposal in April 2012. Some had already started in March, preparing the work.
* The development team will present previews as soon as feasible to engage the community in the development; this might be May or June.
* The Wikidata development team aims to have a demo or more ready for Wikimania around language links.
* The Wikidata development team aims to have ways to input and browse data available for infoboxes by December 2012 / January 2013.
* The initial development for Wikidata is planned for one year: April 2012 – March 2013.
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