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'''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 Wikimedia hosted and maintained project.

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The initial development of the project is funded with a generous donation by the [http://www.ai-squared.org/ Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence] <nowiki>[ai]</nowiki><sup>2</sup>, the [http://www.moore.org/ Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation], and [http://www.google.com Google, Inc.]</translate>

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The following things are currently important and looking for your feedback:</translate><br/> 
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* [[Wikidata/Notes/Future|Future use cases]]
* [[Wikidata/Development/Storyboard for linking Wikipedia articles v0.3|Storyboard for linking between Wikipedia articles]]
* [[Wikidata/Development/UI Layout Concept#Phase_II_layouts|Layout concept for phase 2 (infoboxes)]]
* [[Wikidata/Notes/Inclusion_syntax|Inclusion syntax]]
* [http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de Demo system]
* [[Wikidata/Notes/Data model primer|Data model]]
* [[Wikidata/Data collaborators|Data collaborators]]</translate>
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Further information </translate> ==
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* [[Special:Mylanguage/Wikidata/Introduction|Introduction]] &ndash; offers a non-technical introduction to the goals of the Wikidata project proposal.
* [[Special:Mylanguage/Wikidata/FAQ|FAQ]] &ndash; answers some of the most frequently asked questions.
* [[Wikidata/Development|Development]] &ndash; offers an overview of the current development work.
* [http://wikidata-test.wikimedia.de Demo system] &ndash; lets you try out the current development status
* [[Wikidata/Volunteers|Volunteers]] &ndash; who want to help.
* [[Special:Mylanguage/Wikidata/Glossary|Glossary]] &ndash; is a list of terms used around Wikidata and their explanation.
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* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l Mailing list]
* IRC {{Channel|wikimedia-wikidata}}
* [http://twitter.com/wikidata Twitter]/[http://identi.ca/wikidata identi.ca]
* [[Global message delivery/Targets/Wikidata|Newsletter]]
* [[Wikidata/Events|Events]]
* [[Wikidata/Press|Press]]
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Impact on Wikipedia</translate> ==

<translate>We're working on 3 major things:
# Centralizing interwiki links
# Providing a central place for infobox data for all Wikipedias
# Creating and updating list articles based on data in Wikidata
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Status and timeline </translate> ==

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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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