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This is a collection of news articles and blogs about the Wikidata project. You can help update this page regularly with information from Wikidata: Status Updates.
See also: Wikipedia:Press coverage (Q55642)
News
December 2014
- Faktendatenbank für Wikipedia: Google gibt Freebase an Wikidata, Heise Online, December 17, 2014
- Google plans to integrate its fact database Freebase into Wikimedia’s Wikidata, VentureBeat News, December 16, 2014
- Google is shutting down its Freebase knowledge base, Gigaom, December 16, 2014
October 2014
- Wikidata: A Free Collaborative Knowledgebase, Communications of the ACM
- Wikidata wins the Open Data Award in category publisher
August 2014
- Histropedia – tool to visualise history unveiled at Wikimania (The Guardian) 11 August 2014
June 2014
- Le Monde uses data from Wikidata for some interesting research, lemonde.fr, June 7, 2014
See also
- [Wikidata:Bibliography of Wikidata]]
March 2014
- Paper by Denny Vrandečić and Markus Krötzsch, korrekt.org
December 2013
- Wikikonference 2013: Pište seminárky na Wikipedii a zapojte vzdělané důchodce (cs) December 3th, 2013 - article about Czech wiki-conference
October 2013
- Hello, Good-Bye at Wikidata, SemanticWeb, October 1, 2013
- Lydia gives a talk at Latinoware about Wikidata, Greg Nudelman (Twitter), October 18
- Talk at UCBerkeley about Wikidata, Merrilee Proffitt (Twitter), October 18, 2013
September 2013
- Weibliche Wikis gesucht - Das neue Projekt heißt Wikidata September 22nd, 2013
- What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?, The Signpost (Wikipedia), September 18, 2013
July 2013
- IBM Watson donates prize money to Wikimedia Foundation July 17th, 2013
June 2013
- At SemTechBiz, Knowledge Graphs Are Everywhere June 07th, 2013
- Проект Wikidata получил грант на $150 тыс. от «Яндекса», CNews, June 6, 2013
- Некоммерческий проект Wikidata получил грант «Яндекса» в 150 тыс евро, Digit, June 6, 2013
- Digital.Leben, OE1.orf.at, May 21, 2013
- Wikidata and Authority Control Video Explains How Wikidata Bolstered Authority Control in Wikipedia, OCLC Research, June 13, 2013
May 2013
- Tehnične novosti v Wiki svetu, slo-tech.com, May 02nd, 2013
- Wikidata geht es nicht darum, Wahrheit zu speichern, dradio.de, May 04th, 2013
- Manuskript: Wikipedia und Wissenschaft, Deutschlandfunk, May 26, 2013
April 2013
- Wikidata: een grote stap vooruit voor Wikipedia, lastampa.it, April 30th, 2013
- Wikidata: un database “open” per Big Data, netties.be, April 29th, 2013
- Wikidata is a huge step for Wikipedia and the Internet, ghacks.net, April 26th, 2013
- Nace Wikidata, la base de datos libre, elperiodico.com, April 26th, 2013
- Die Wikidata-Revolution ist da, neustadt-news.de, April 25th, 2013
- Wikidata-revolutionen är här: Möjliggör strukturerade data på Wikipedia, mynewsdesk.com, April 25th, 2013
- Wikidata goes live worldwide, h-online.com, April 25th, 2013
- Wikidata ist für alle Wikipedien da, golem.de, April 25th, 2013
January 2013
- Wikimedia eröffnet Reiseportal, heise.de, January 15th, 2013
- Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment, Wikipedia Signpost, January 14th, 2013
December 2012
- Wikidata: People And Bots Busy Filling The System In Phase One, semanticweb.com, December 17th, 2012
- Wikidata: Summing the sum of human knowledge, Tech2, December 8th, 2012
November 2012
- Wikidata - Wikipedia’s Game-changer, Linux User & Developer, November 18th, 2012
- Wikipedia moet meer filmpjes krijgen, Bright.nl, November 9th, 2012
- Wikidata-Projekt startet durch, Pro-Linux.de, November 2nd, 2012
- Wikipedia startet Datenbank, Spiegel Online, November 1st, 2012
October 2012
- Wikidata: Daten-Fundus für Wikipedia eröffnet, heise.de, October 31th, 2012
- Onlineenzyklopädie bekommt zentrale Datenbank, golem.de, October 31th, 2012
- Wikimedia launches Wikidata and reports on Wikipedia Zero, h-online.com, October 31th, 2012
- Wikidata: Große Wikipedia-Weiterentwicklung startet, winfuture.de, October 30th, 2012
- Nuovi strumenti per la condivisione dei dati delle ricerche, marionegri.it, October 4th, 2012
- Exberliner, Exberliner print version, October 2012
August 2012
- Wikipedia soll schöner werden, Spiegel Online, August 14th, 2012
- Wikidata nears first deployment but wikis go down in fibre cut calamity, Wikipedia Signpost, August 6th, 2012
July 2012
- Wikipedia presenta Wikidata, il database libero, libertiamo, July 21st, 2012
- Wikidata, nel 2013 il database dell'universo, Corriere della Sera, July 16th, 2012
- Wikidata, el sitio en el que los datos intentarán superar a los números, La Gaceta, July 15th, 2012
- Wikidata: The next big internet resource, The Hindu, July 14th, 2012
May 2012
- Wikidata Summit kicks off in Berlin, Blog post by Guillaume Paumier, Wikimedia Foundation, May 31st, 2012
- Wikidata: the next step for Wikipedia and more, Information Today Europe, May 15, 2012
April 2012
- Open Data Wikidata : Wikipedia comme une base de données, LinuxFr.org, 13 avril 2012,
- Two Perspectives on Wikidata, semanticweb.com, April 10, 2012,
- The Problem With Wikidata, The Atlantic, April 6, 2012,
- Umbau im Haus des Wissens, NZZOnline, April 5, 2012,
- The next big thing? An interview with Wikidata, Wikipedia Signpost, April 9, 2012,
- Wikipedia to gain collaborative database, Smart Company, April 4, 2012,
- Wikidata: A Data Revolution for Wikipedia, Scientific Computing, April 4, 2012,
- Teaching Wikipedia to Write Itself, The Atlantic, April 2, 2012,
- Wikidata: Wikipedia to get a collaborative database, H-online, April 2, 2012,
March 2012
- Wikidata veut faciliter la mise à jour de Wikipédia, Numerama, 31 mars 2012,
- Wikipedia’s Next Big Thing: Wikidata, A Machine-Readable, User-Editable Database Funded By Google, Paul Allen And Others, Techcrunch, March 30, 2012,
- Wikipedia'dan Wikidata'ya Geçiyoruz, Techno-Labs, March 30, 2012 (Turkish),
- Wikidata to provide structured data for all Wikipedia versions, Cnet News, March 30, 2012,
- Wikipedia's Next Big Thing: Wikidata, A Machine-Readable, User-Editable Database Funded By Google, Paul Allen And Others, Huff Post Tech, March 30, 2012,
- Data Revolution for Wikipedia, Market Watch, March 30, 2012,
- Paul Allen giving Wikipedia data project $867,000, Tech Flash, March 30, 2012,
- Wikidata – le prochain grand projet de Wikipedia [fr], fhimt.com, 23 mars 2012.
Blogs
December 2014
- Content Ours, or: the sum of the parts, The Whelming, December 8 2014
- Finding ORCID identifiers used in Wikidata & Wikipedia, Blog by Andy Mabbett
- Wikidata for Research – presenting the team and a first sketch of the workplan, WDME blog, December 19 2014
November 2014
- Wikidata 2, Blog by Mike Linksvayer, 30 October, 2014
- Establishing Wikidata as the central hub for linked open life science data, WDME blog, October 22, 2014
- Tutorial: How to make a “descendants of” timeline using Wikidata, Histropedia
- First ODI Open Data Awards presented by Sirs Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt, Blog post by ODI, November 4, 2014
- Zwei Jahre Wikidata: Eine Feier mit Geschenken und einem Preis, WDME blog, November 5, 2014
- Tutorial: Create instant location based timelines using Wikidata queries, Histropedia
- Building a Periodic Table using Wikidata, http://lambdazen.blogspot.se/, November 20, 2014
- Picture this!, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, November 24, 2014
- Wikidata identifiers and the ODNB – where next?, Generalising, November 26, 2014
- Wikidata and identifiers – part 2, the matching process, Generalising, November 27, 2014
October 2014
- Transatlantic work on structured data in Berlin, WDME blog, October 14, 2014
- Clusterf…amilies, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, October 7, 2014
September 2014
- Why Wikidata is so important to Histropedia, WDME blog, September 2, 2014
- Outreach Program for Women at Wikidata, WDME blog, September 8, 2014
August 2014
- Guided tours and Wikidata: How to explain a complex project and encourage new editors, WDME blog, August 9, 2014
- Wikidata at Wikimania 2014 in London, WDME blog, August 19, 2014
June 2014
- The Games Continue, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, June 3, 2014
May 2014
- Thank you, Zurich! Merci vielmal, Züri! Wikimedia Hackathon Zürich 2014, WDME Blog, May 13, 2014
April 2014
- Post scriptum, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, April 10, 2014
- Feline mayors of the world or why Wikidata is awesome, Blog by Hay Kranen, April 3, 2014
- Wikidata and naval history, Words and what not, April 11, 2014
- qLabel: Multilingual content without translation, Google Open Source Blog, April 1, 2014
March 2014
- Wikidata: Cambridge Revisited 2, Words and what not, March 15, 2014
- Reasonator: Cambridge Revisited 5, Words and what not, March 21, 2014
- Commons and Wikidata: The architecture of the Wikimedia storage of the meta data of media files, Words and what not, March 19, 2014
February 2014
- Reasonator: Presents the first Wikipedia paragraph, Words and what not, February 7, 2014
- Reasonator: improving your personal space, Words and what not, February 10, 2014
- Reasonator: A bit selective, not random, Words and what not, February 13, 2014
- Reasonator: Johann Sebastian Bach in so many words, Words and what not, February 7, 2014
- Reasonator: Add labels in your language, Words and what not, Februart 14, 2014
December 2013
- Wikidata complements search in the Italian Wikipedia, Words and what not, December 2, 2013
- Wyniki wyszukiwania w Wikidata, Words and what not, December 4, 2013
November 2013
- Magnus, master of WikiMedia tools, Words and word not, October 30, 2013
- Wikidata, or: Wikipedia, the other 60%, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, November 6, 2013
- Red link lists on steroids, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, November 12, 2013
- An interview with Denny Vrandečić, Words and what not, November 20, 2013
- Introducing the Wikidata “Concept Cloud”, WMDE blog, November 25, 2013
October 2013
- Pushing Wikidata to the next level, WDME blog, October 1, 2013
- Google Summer of Code 2013 Wrap Up, Blog by Pragun Bhutani (Blog has been closed down)
- Wikidata Query updates, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, October 3, 2013
- Wikidata qualifiers, Words and what not, September 30, 2013
- Do not use Wikipedia as your source, Words and what not, October 19, 2013
September 2013
- Wikidata quality and quantity, WMDE blog, September 4, 2013
- 10 Questions about VLAF, Wikidata and the World, Words and what not, September 5, 2013
- A categorical imperative? WMDE blog, September 12, 2013
- Wikidata query, The Whelming by Magnus Manske, September 17, 2013
- Some answers about the heady stuff of Wikidata, Words and what not, September 17, 2013
- “Allow me to reintroduce myself,” say those in Wikidata and VIAF, OCLC Research, September 25, 2013
- Importing data from the Polish Wikipedia, Words and what not, September 27, 2013
- Data for the people!, WMDE blog, September 27, 2013
August 2013
- Wikidata babel multi-language display Easter egg, notconfusing by Max Klein, August 14, 2013
- The Occitan Wikipedia and Wikidata, Words and what not, August 16, 2013
- Wikidata and other technical bits at Wikimania, WMDE blog, August 22, 2013
June 2013
- On truths and lies, WMDE blog, June 4, 2013
- The most unique Wikipedias according to Wikidata, notconfusing by Max Klein, June 12, 2013
- Wikidata, le Wikipédia que vous utiliserez bientôt tous, Hotel Wikpedia, June 17, 2013
May 2013
- The Wikidata tool ecosystem WMDE blog, May 6, 2013
- Sex ratios in Wikidata, Wikipedias, and VIAF, OCLC Research, May 13, 2013
- The Ropebridges: Authority control in Wikidata, OCLC Research, May 9, 2013
April 2013
- Welcome to Wikidata! Now what? The Guardian, April 26, 2013
February 2013
- Phase 2 of Wikidata going live, WMDE blog, February 4, 2013
- Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment, The Signpost, February 4, 2013
- Wikidata live on the English Wikipedia, WMDE blog, February 13, 2013
- The future of Wikidata, WMDE blog, February 20, 2013
January 2013
- Wikidata coming to the next two Wikipedias, WMDE blog, January 30, 2013
- Wikidata arriva su Wikipedia in ebraico e in italiano, Wiki spiegata a mia nonna, January 30, 2013
- First step of Wikidata in the Hungarian Wikipedia, WMDE blog, January 14, 2013
- Wikidata is used on the Hungarian Wikipedia, Words and what not, January 17, 2013
- Wikidata needs localisation, Words and what not, January 5, 2013
- Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia, WMDE blog, January 19, 2013
- Project about paid editing starts, WMDE blog, January 23, 2013
November 2012
- First part of phase 1 of Wikidata is online, WMDE blog, November 1, 2012
October 2012
- Looking back at August and September at Wikidata, WMDE blog, October 8, 2012
September 2012
- Anja Jentzsch joins the Wikidata team, WMDE blog, September 5, 2012
August 2012
- Looking back at the last two months of wikidata work, WMDE blog, August 8, 2012
July 2012
- And the winner is..., WMDE blog, July 13, 2012
- Wikidata logo: It's time to pick a winner!, WMDE blog, July 3, 2012
June 2012
- Wikidata applies for the Knight News Challenge and you can help, WMDE blog, June 25 2012
- The second month of Wikidata, WMDE blog, June 12, 2012
- Wikidata needs a logo and you can help, WMDE blog, June 9, 2012
- Wikidata can get more facts out, Words and what not, June 14, 2012
- OmegaWiki vs Wikidata, Words and what not, June 3, 2012
- Redlinks in any language, Words and what not, June 1, 2012
- Disambiguating and redirecting, Words and what not, June 1, 2012
- Single signon, Words and what not, June 1, 2012
- Wikipedianer in der SLUB. Heute Treffen zum Projekt Wikidata, SLUB Dresden, June 14, 2012
May 2012
- The first month of Wikidata, WMDE blog, May 7, 2012
- Wikidata, Words and what not, May 31, 2012
- Now at translate wiki: Wikidata, Words and what not, May 1, 2012
April 2012
- Addressing feedback about Wikidata, WMDE blog, 27 April, 2012,
- Wikidata may support what Wikipedia does not know, Words and what not, April 28, 2012
- Wikidata: a new open data repository for the world, OKFN, April 19, 2012
- Wikidata and what it can do for Wikipedia, Words and what not, April 11, 2012
- Logo for Wikidata, Words and what not, April 10, 2012
- Wikidata: a common source of structured data for all Wikipedias, Zec Blog, April 9, 2012.
- Meet the Wikidata team, WMDE blog, April 4, 2012
March 2012
- Wikidata, the interview, Words and what not, March 31, 2012
- Paul Allen backs Wikidata project, Brier Dudley's Blog, The Seattle Times, March 30, 2012.
- Techies Team Up to Make Wikipedia Smarter, Shira Ovide, Digits, March 30, 2012.