Q: What is the primary purpose of Extension:UnlinkedWikibase?

A: The extension allows a MediaWiki wiki to access and display data from a Wikibase repository (such as Wikidata) even if the wiki has not been registered or linked as a client on that remote Wikibase site.

Q: Who created and maintains Extension:UnlinkedWikibase?

A: The extension was created by Sam Wilson, a software engineer who works on the Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

Q: Where can I find the source code and report bugs?

A: The source code is available on Wikimedia's Gerrit server, while bug reports and feature requests are tracked on Wikimedia Phabricator under the specific project tag.

Extension:UnlinkedWikibase

MediaWiki extension for accessing Wikibase entities from wikis that are not linked to a Wikibase site

Event mediawiki_extension Q120629548

Facts

6 properties

Instance of: MediaWiki extension, free software^[2]
Official website: www.mediawiki.org^[5]
License: GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
Website: www.mediawiki.org
Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later^[4]
Developer: Sam Wilson^[3]

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en Extension:UnlinkedWikibase en UnlinkedWikibase

🔖 Identifiers · 3

Issue tracker URL: phabricator.wikimedia.org
Source code repository URL: gerrit.wikimedia.org
Wikibase World ID: Monaco

🔗 Connections

GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later

Developer 1

Sam Wilson

Instance of 1

free software

Wikibase World ID 1

Monaco

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Summary

Extension:UnlinkedWikibase is a MediaWiki extension^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Extension:UnlinkedWikibase — instance of (P31): free software. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Extension:UnlinkedWikibase — developer (P178): Sam Wilson. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Extension:UnlinkedWikibase — copyright license (P275): GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Extension:UnlinkedWikibase — official website (P856): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UnlinkedWikibase. MediaWiki.org. Retrieved 2023-07-13. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Extension:UnlinkedWikibase is an instance of MediaWiki extension (Q6805426) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Extension:UnlinkedWikibase. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/extension-unlinkedwikibase

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“Extension:UnlinkedWikibase.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/extension-unlinkedwikibase.

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@misc{4ortxyz_extension-unlinkedwikibase_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Extension:UnlinkedWikibase}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/extension-unlinkedwikibase}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}

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