# Wikidata vs. Wikipedia

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/wikidata-vs-wikipedia/173264>\
**Category:** Style\
**Tags:** wikipedia, wikidata, musicbrainz, style\
**Created:** [November 17, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/wikidata-vs-wikipedia/173264 "2016-11-17T23:56:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/wikidata-vs-wikipedia/173264/6 "2016-11-18T10:03:24Z")

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> [@chabreyflint](#):
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> But that was in Spring 2015.

Comments, which date until Automn 2015, point to related tickets. See also this forum post:

> [@Why can't I add a wikipedia URL to a release?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-cant-i-add-a-wikipedia-url-to-a-release/46421/6):
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> While that’s ideal, we can’t expect every user to know and use WD - we should just auto-add the WD link when someone adds WP. That’s:

Thus there is probably no need to change the style guideline before these tickets get solved. However, implications of Wikidata URL relationships should probably be documented, I just filed [STYLE-695](http://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/STYLE-695) about this.

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