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Summary

Wikiquote is a MediaWiki wiki[1]. Wikiquote ranks in the top 5% of mediawiki wiki entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,705 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jimmy Wales[3]
  • Creator: Jimmy Wales[4]
  • Instance of: Wikimedia project[5]
  • Founder: Jimmy Wales[6], Daniel Alston[7]
  • Owned by: Wikimedia Foundation[8]
  • Operator: Wikimedia Foundation[9]
  • Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported[10]
  • Subclass of: Wikimedia project[11], MediaWiki wiki[12]
  • Commons category: Wikiquote[13]
  • Software engine: MediaWiki[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Inception: June 27, 2003[16]
  • Has edition or translation: Wikiquote language edition[17]
  • Mascot: Quote-tan[18]
  • Official website: https://wikiquote.org/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wikiquote[20]
  • Commons gallery: Wikiquote[21]
  • Described by source: The varying openness of digital open science tools[22]
  • Topic has template: Template:Wikiquote[23]
  • Motto text: the free quote compendium that anyone can edit[24]
  • Alexa rank: 3907[25], 4197[26], 4095[27]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q22811203[28]

Why It Matters

Wikiquote has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Wikiquote is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Jimmy Wales United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . alexa.com. alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikiapiary farm → 1523
    Alternativeto software id → wikiquote
    Fandom article id → logos:Wikiquote
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alternativeto software id: wikiquote, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/162205431|Wikiquote (#162205431)]] for {{P|9618}}"
  2. 11w ago · MidleadingBot bot · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Wikimedia project, MediaWiki wiki
    Domain name → wikiquote.org
    Instance of → MediaWiki wiki, Wikimedia project
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Domain name: wikiquote.org, bot ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/2d1f480bdbec40f1b7e8525ff93b784d|details]])"
  3. 20w ago · Waldyrious · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → MediaWiki wiki, Wikimedia project
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: Wikimedia content project"
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