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A Wikipedia page, with the Wikidata link highlighted. Every Wikipedia article (and many other pages, such as templates) should have an ID on our sister project, Wikidata. The ID is a series of digits prefixed "Q", and so is referred to as a QID.. This page is a simple guide to finding that QID.
QID (or Q number) is the unique identifier of a data item on Wikidata, comprising the letter "Q" followed by one or more digits. It is used to help people and machines understand the difference between items with the same or similar names, e.g., there are several places in the world called London and many people called James Smith.
Wikidata is a document-oriented database, focusing on items, which represent any kind of topic, concept, or object.Each item is allocated a unique, persistent identifier, a positive integer prefixed with the upper-case letter Q, known as a "QID".
Normally there is a restriction in Wikidata that each Wikipedia article may appear in a single Q-item, even considering redirects. However, to bypass that limitation, one may attach a special badge to the link. More specifically, when editing a Q-item to enter a new sitelink to a redirect, one should select the "intentional sitelink to redirect ...
The best option, which will apply to all articles using Cite Q with a given ID, is to modify the Wikidata property for each author and editor, adding "object named as" with the author's name in "Last, First" format. See d:Q45922947#P98 for an example. Editors can also supply those author names manually in the desired format within the Cite Q ...
This template frames Wikidata item IDs (QIDs) for usage inside the |id= parameter in the various {} and {} templates, or elsewhere. At present it just allows the QID node to be given in some documented way and links to both the corresponding external resource at Wikidata and the Wikidata article in Wikipedia in order to provide some explanation.
The best option, which will apply to all articles using Cite Q with a given ID, is to modify the Wikidata property for each author and editor, adding "object named as" with the author's name in "Last, First" format. See d:Q45922947#P98 for an example. Editors can also supply those author names manually in the desired format within the Cite Q ...
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