Hi everyone,
I’m thrilled to let you know that Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good. With this, Wikidata joins Wikipedia and Govdirectory as officially recognized digital public goods in the Wikimedia movement.
Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, which makes this recognition especially meaningful. It’s an acknowledgement of all the work we are doing here to provide the world with open, reliable and trustworthy data to make technology more open and inclusive. Thank you to all of you and everyone who has been along for the ride for the past 13 years. Here is to many more years to come.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wiki...
Cheers
Lydia
Hurrah !! Funny that Govdirectory made it first ;) Next year: Functions.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM Lydia Pintscher < Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m thrilled to let you know that Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good. With this, Wikidata joins Wikipedia and Govdirectory as officially recognized digital public goods in the Wikimedia movement.
Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, which makes this recognition especially meaningful. It’s an acknowledgement of all the work we are doing here to provide the world with open, reliable and trustworthy data to make technology more open and inclusive. Thank you to all of you and everyone who has been along for the ride for the past 13 years. Here is to many more years to come.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wiki...
Cheers
Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 Portfolio Lead for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 5771162-0 https://wikimedia.de
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de
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Den ons 29 okt. 2025 kl 19:31 skrev Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com:
Hurrah !! Funny that Govdirectory made it first ;) Next year: Functions.
In 2022, I was also applying for DPG status for work projects, so I just applied that knowledge in my spare time too :)
But yes, hurrah and hooray! Congratulations to Wikidata!
/Jan
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM Lydia Pintscher < Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m thrilled to let you know that Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good. With this, Wikidata joins Wikipedia and Govdirectory as officially recognized digital public goods in the Wikimedia movement.
Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, which makes this recognition especially meaningful. It’s an acknowledgement of all the work we are doing here to provide the world with open, reliable and trustworthy data to make technology more open and inclusive. Thank you to all of you and everyone who has been along for the ride for the past 13 years. Here is to many more years to come.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wiki...
Cheers
Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 Portfolio Lead for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 5771162-0 https://wikimedia.de
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorständin: Franziska Heine. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/mes... To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Wonderful news! 🥳
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM Jan Ainali ainali.jan@gmail.com wrote:
Den ons 29 okt. 2025 kl 19:31 skrev Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com:
Hurrah !! Funny that Govdirectory made it first ;) Next year: Functions.
In 2022, I was also applying for DPG status for work projects, so I just applied that knowledge in my spare time too :)
But yes, hurrah and hooray! Congratulations to Wikidata!
/Jan
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM Lydia Pintscher < Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m thrilled to let you know that Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good. With this, Wikidata joins Wikipedia and Govdirectory as officially recognized digital public goods in the Wikimedia movement.
Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, which makes this recognition especially meaningful. It’s an acknowledgement of all the work we are doing here to provide the world with open, reliable and trustworthy data to make technology more open and inclusive. Thank you to all of you and everyone who has been along for the ride for the past 13 years. Here is to many more years to come.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wiki...
Cheers
Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 Portfolio Lead for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 5771162-0 https://wikimedia.de
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorständin: Franziska Heine. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/mes... To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Thank you for sharing this news, Lydia, and congratulations to you and everyone who has contributed to the project since 2012. It is wonderful to see that Wikidata is recognized in this way, and that more opportunities will be available to the people who make it a reality everyday. 💗🌟
Best, Leila
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM Shani Evenstein Sigalov < shani.even@gmail.com> wrote:
Wonderful news! 🥳
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM Jan Ainali ainali.jan@gmail.com wrote:
Den ons 29 okt. 2025 kl 19:31 skrev Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com:
Hurrah !! Funny that Govdirectory made it first ;) Next year: Functions.
In 2022, I was also applying for DPG status for work projects, so I just applied that knowledge in my spare time too :)
But yes, hurrah and hooray! Congratulations to Wikidata!
/Jan
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM Lydia Pintscher < Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m thrilled to let you know that Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good. With this, Wikidata joins Wikipedia and Govdirectory as officially recognized digital public goods in the Wikimedia movement.
Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, which makes this recognition especially meaningful. It’s an acknowledgement of all the work we are doing here to provide the world with open, reliable and trustworthy data to make technology more open and inclusive. Thank you to all of you and everyone who has been along for the ride for the past 13 years. Here is to many more years to come.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wiki...
Cheers
Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 Portfolio Lead for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 5771162-0 https://wikimedia.de
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorständin: Franziska Heine. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/mes... To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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Thank you so much for sharing this amazing news. This is a huge step forward for setting in stone universal access to knowledge as a fundamental human right that is foundation of everything. God bless this step forward and everyone and the Wikimedia initiative. May we all be for preserving all and access for all, forever. Thank you again for sharing.
On Oct 29, 2025, at 12:26 PM, Lydia Pintscher Lydia.Pintscher@wikimedia.de wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m thrilled to let you know that Wikidata has been recognized as a digital public good. With this, Wikidata joins Wikipedia and Govdirectory as officially recognized digital public goods in the Wikimedia movement.
Wikidata is always the mostly-invisible powerhouse in the background, which makes this recognition especially meaningful. It’s an acknowledgement of all the work we are doing here to provide the world with open, reliable and trustworthy data to make technology more open and inclusive. Thank you to all of you and everyone who has been along for the ride for the past 13 years. Here is to many more years to come.
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/29/building-an-internet-for-everyone-wiki...
Cheers
Lydia
-- Lydia Pintscher - https://lydiapintscher.de - WD:Q18016466 Portfolio Lead for Wikidata
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 30 5771162-0 https://wikimedia.de
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! https://spenden.wikimedia.de
Wikimedia Deutschland — Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Charlottenburg, VR 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. Geschäftsführende Vorständin: Franziska Heine. _______________________________________________ Wikidata mailing list -- wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org/mes... To unsubscribe send an email to wikidata-leave@lists.wikimedia.org