Dynamic Wikidata lists

Dynamic Wikidata lists is a software tool associated with the Listeria project, hosted on Wikimedia Toolforge. It is designed to generate dynamic, automatically updated lists on Wikimedia pages by querying structured data from Wikidata. Rather than maintaining a static list by hand, a page can embed a Listeria template or call that pulls live results from Wikidata, so the rendered list reflects the current state of the underlying data whenever the page is refreshed or re-parsed. The tool is part of the broader ecosystem of community-built Wikimedia tools that sit on Toolforge and support editors across Wikipedia, Wikidata, and related projects. Its purpose is to reduce manual maintenance: lists of people, works, places, or other entities can be defined by a Wikidata query and then displayed consistently across many pages and languages. Because the list is generated from Wikidata statements, updates to those statements propagate to the rendered list without editors having to edit each page individually. The official entry point is the dynamic Listeria page at listeria.toolforge.org/dynamic.html, with an older Toolforge URL at tools.wmflabs.org/listeria/dynamic.html. The tool is identified in Wikidata as Q33163005. It is a utility rather than a commercial product: it is free to use, community-maintained, and aimed at Wikimedia contributors who want data-driven, self-updating content. Its value lies in automation and consistency across the Wikimedia projects rather than in a conventional product or service offering.

Dynamic Wikidata lists is a tool in the Listeria family, a set of community-developed utilities hosted on Wikimedia Toolforge. Listeria was created to let Wikimedia editors generate lists from Wikidata automatically, so that pages do not need to be updated by hand whenever the underlying data changes. The dynamic variant provides a web entry point where a user can define or view a Wikidata-driven list and then embed it in a wiki page. The tool is documented in Wikidata as Q33163005 and is reachable through the Listeria Toolforge site. Its original Toolforge address used the tools.wmflabs.org domain, which was later joined by the listeria.toolforge.org address as Wikimedia migrated its tool hosting to the Toolforge brand. The dynamic page at dynamic.html is the primary interface for creating and inspecting these lists. Functionally, the tool works by translating a Wikidata query or a set of statements into a rendered list. Editors place a Listeria template on a page, and the template calls the tool, which returns the current matching items. This makes it possible to maintain a single source of truth in Wikidata while displaying the results in many articles, across languages and projects. The approach is especially useful for list articles, navigation aids, and infobox-like summaries that would otherwise require constant manual upkeep. As part of the Wikimedia tool ecosystem, Dynamic Wikidata lists is maintained by volunteers rather than a commercial company. It has no conventional corporate history, funding rounds, or product launches; its development is tied to the evolution of Wikidata, Toolforge, and the Listeria project. Its significance lies in demonstrating how structured data on Wikidata can be reused dynamically across the Wikimedia projects, reducing editorial overhead and keeping content synchronized with the underlying knowledge base.

A free, community-maintained Wikimedia Toolforge utility for automatically updated, Wikidata-driven lists.

• Listeria dynamic list tool

  A Toolforge-hosted utility that generates automatically updated lists from Wikidata for use on Wikimedia pages.

1. 1Dynamic Wikidata lists (official tool page)listeria.toolforge.org
2. 2Dynamic Wikidata lists (Wikidata item Q33163005)wikidata.org