# Wikidata

> People, Places for Worldwide. Access: Public API. Terms checked November 1, 2026.

- Slug: wikidata
- Page: https://api.lineage.rexstjohn.com/sources/wikidata
- JSON: https://api.lineage.rexstjohn.com/v1/sources/wikidata
- Records: People, Places
- Places: Worldwide
- Years: Not stated by the source
- Access method: api
- Key required: no
- Rate limit: 200 requests per minute for an unauthenticated client that sends a compliant User-Agent; 10 per minute for requests identified only by IP address.
- Status: live
- Review: verified, checked by hand on 2026-11-01
- Homepage: https://www.wikidata.org/
- API docs: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access
- Terms: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy

## Notes

Used for names, places and identifiers, not as a record source. The data is CC0. Send a User-Agent with contact details or requests may be blocked; back off on 429 and honor Retry-After. robots.txt disallows /w/ for crawlers, which covers /w/api.php; the Data access page invites API use, so Lineage calls the API and never crawls pages.

## Evidence

- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Data_access
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits
- https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy
- https://www.wikidata.org/robots.txt

## Status

Live at the last check, 2026-11-01 22:02 UTC. HTTP 200 in 229 ms. One check a day.

The Lineage research API is not live. This file describes a catalog entry only.