Commons:Wikidata
Wikidata is a Wikimedia project to create an open and collaborative database. It is for data what Wikimedia Commons is for media files: it centralizes access and management of structured data, such as interwiki references and statistical information. Wikidata contains data in all languages for which there are Wikimedia projects. It is also deployed on Wikimedia Commons (since September 2013).
For more information, see Short introduction to Wikidata.
Wikimedia Commons on Wikidata
Information about Commons is stored in Wikidata in two forms: as sitelinks, and as statements on items.
Sitelinks
Sitelinks identify a 1-to-1 mapping between Wiki-pages and items on Wikidata. They are added and edited in the right side (large screen) or lower part (narrow screen) of the Wikidata page for an item.
Only Commons galleries and Commons categories should be sitelinked from Wikidata items.
Statements
Information about Commons can be stored on Wikidata using statements. Statements can be read by templates and programs which access Wikidata. Statements can be added and edited in the left side of the Wikidata page for an item. Some statement examples are presented below:
Statements pointing to Commons pages
| Title | ID | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commons category | P373 | String | name of the Commons category page containing files related to this article-like or category-like item |
| Commons gallery | P935 | String | name of the Commons gallery page containing files related to this article-like or category-like item |
| Commons Creator page | P1472 | String | name of the Commons creator template containing information related to this article-like item for a person |
| Commons institution template | P1612 | String | name of the Commons institution template containing information related to this article-like item for an organisation |
| Commons maps category | P3722 | String | name of the Wikimedia Commons category specifically for maps or plans of this item |
Statements pointing to media on Commons
| Title | ID | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| image | P18 | Commons media file | an image depicting the subject (person, species, etc.); more specific properties should be used when more description is required, e.g. signature (P109), logo image (P154), locator map image (P242) and detail map (P1621) |
| video | P10 | Commons media file | relevant video |
| audio | P51 | Commons media file | a relevant sound |
| pronunciation audio | P443 | Commons media file | audio media file on Wikimedia Commons with pronunciation |
| recording of the subject's voice | P990 | Commons media file | audio file representing the voice of a person or character |
| scan file | P996 | Commons media file | file on Wikimedia Commons related to the content of the source/book/report |
| geoshape | P3896 | Geographic shape | geographic data from Wikimedia Commons |
| 3D model | P4896 | Commons media file | representation of any three-dimensional surface of an object |
For a full list of properties with data type "commonsMedia" see list of properties on Wikidata, and sort by data type. Or see wikidata: Special:ListProperties?datatype=commonsMedia.
Properties relating article-like and category-like items
| Title | ID | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| topic's main category | P910 | Item | identifier for the category-like item that contains links to the category on Commons and the category on each Wikipedia which is considered the main category for the concept |
| category's main topic | P301 | Item | identifier for the article-like item that contains links to the article on each Wikipedia which is considered the main article for the category. The identified item will also contain the link(s) to any related gallery page(s) on Commons. |
Wikidata on Commons
- {{Wikidata Infobox}}
- Help:Interlanguage links
- {{On Wikidata}} allows placing additional links from a Commons page to Wikidata items