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Wikidata Marks Fourteen Years Since Its Berlin Launch

Original: Fourteen years ago, a group of twelve people in Berlin laid the foundation for what is now the world's largest free know

Wikidata is marking fourteen years since twelve people in Berlin began building what has grown into the world's largest free knowledge graph. An anniversary post invites community members to identify the twelve founders in a historical photo, prompting nostalgia and reflection on the project's evolution from a small team into core infrastructure for Wikipedia and countless linked-data applications worldwide.

Why now: The Wikidata community is celebrating the project's fourteenth anniversary.

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• Fourteen years ago, a group of twelve people in Berlin laid the foundation for what is now the world's largest free knowledge graph. (Think you know your Wikidata history? Take a look at the photo below and see how many of these twelve people you can name in the comments! 👀)… · wikidata@wikis.world · 12

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