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wikipedia tag links to 404
wikipedia wikidata mismatch
information board with wikipedia tag, not subject:wikipedia
blacklisted connection with known replacement
malformed secondary wikipedia tag - for operator prefixed tags
wikipedia wikidata mismatch - for operator prefixed tags
bridge:wikipedia and bridge:wikidata - move to bridge outline
malformed secondary wikidata tag - for species prefixed tags
malformed secondary wikidata tag - for name:etymology prefixed tags

wikipedia tag links to 404

Wikipedia article linked from OSM object using wikipedia tag is missing.
Often article was moved without leaving redirect and wikipedia tag should be edited to point to the new one.
Article may be deleted and no longer existing, or link was never valid. In such cases wikipedia tag should be deleted.

Elektrotechnisches Institut - an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( relation(288668)['wikipedia'='de:Elektrotechnisches Institut (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia tag links to 404']

wikipedia wikidata mismatch

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q131225062 vs Q1819813 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Leopold Rückert - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129767590 vs Q95887 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Reinhold Frank - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q130220433 vs Q1417591 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Dr. Leopold Kullmann - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129767589 vs Q47465915 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Gustav Schulenburg - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q130220773 vs Q15429813 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Christian Daniel Nussbaum - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129767065 vs Q1553603 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Dr. Guido Leser - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129767576 vs Q1417591 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Dr. Leopold Kullmann - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q43674820 vs Q91187 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Dr. Ludwig Marum - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129767580 vs Q1505143 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Georg Lechleiter - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129767582 vs Q1505722 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Georg Reinbold - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129767585 vs Q56614335 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Hermann Böning - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129768161 vs Q62590195 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Josef Heid - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129768162 vs Q1712685 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Julius Helmstädter - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q129768164 vs Q51319339 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Karl Grosshans - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q131225062 vs Q1819813 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Leopold Rückert - an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( node(2270286726)['wikidata'='Q131225062']['wikipedia'='de:Leopold Rückert']; node(2310957087)['wikidata'='Q129767590']['wikipedia'='de:Reinhold Frank (Rechtsanwalt)']; node(2311185797)['wikidata'='Q130220433']['wikipedia'='de:Leo Kullmann']; node(2311185809)['wikidata'='Q129767589']['wikipedia'='de:Gustav Schulenburg']; node(2653437590)['wikidata'='Q130220773']['wikipedia'='de:Christian Nußbaum']; node(2653437591)['wikidata'='Q129767065']['wikipedia'='de:Guido Leser']; node(2653437592)['wikidata'='Q129767576']['wikipedia'='de:Leo Kullmann']; node(2653437593)['wikidata'='Q43674820']['wikipedia'='de:Ludwig Marum']; node(2653437594)['wikidata'='Q129767580']['wikipedia'='de:Georg Lechleiter']; node(2653437595)['wikidata'='Q129767582']['wikipedia'='de:Georg Reinbold']; node(2653437598)['wikidata'='Q129767585']['wikipedia'='de:Hermann Böning']; node(2653437601)['wikidata'='Q129768161']['wikipedia'='de:Josef Heid']; node(2653437602)['wikidata'='Q129768162']['wikipedia'='de:Julius Helmstädter']; node(2653437603)['wikidata'='Q129768164']['wikipedia'='de:Karl Julius Großhans']; node(2653437604)['wikidata'='Q131225062']['wikipedia'='de:Leopold Rückert']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia wikidata mismatch']

information board with wikipedia tag, not subject:wikipedia

information board topic must be tagged with subject:wikipedia tag - not with wikipedia tag
Ettlinger Linie - an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( node(6315732309)['information'='board']['wikipedia'='de:Ettlinger Linie']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['information board with wikipedia tag, not subject:wikipedia']

blacklisted connection with known replacement

it is a typical wrong link and it has an obvious replacement, brand:wikipedia/brand:wikidata should be used instead
BBBank - an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( way(108390810)['wikidata'='Q795504']['wikipedia'='de:BBBank']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['blacklisted connection with known replacement']

malformed secondary wikipedia tag - for operator prefixed tags

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
VBK NahVerzehr - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH)
an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
VBK - Betriebshof Gerwigstraße - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
VBK - Betriebshof Ost - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH)
an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
T6-Alt - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
W20 Radsatzbearbeitungszentrum - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
VBK - Bahnmeisterei & Bauhof - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
VBK - Betriebshof West I - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
Besucher- und Mitarbeiterparkplatz - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH)
Mehr Wohnen in der Mitte am Staudenplatz - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH)
an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe)
T6-Neu - an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( node(10048100436)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(1231697975)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(1231697976)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(134499590)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(134547166)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(1415635008)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(1418103100)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(1418103101)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(1418103107)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(361163238)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(445074580)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(455891010)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(4842209)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(4842210)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; way(672387370)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(90965585)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(90965590)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(90965591)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswohnung_GmbH']; way(98861997)['operator:wikipedia'='https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkehrsbetriebe_Karlsruhe']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['malformed secondary wikipedia tag - for operator prefixed tags']

wikipedia wikidata mismatch - for operator prefixed tags

operator:wikidata and operator:wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q28172489 vs Q594721 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Only - an affected OSM element that may be improved

operator:wikidata and operator:wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q315369 vs (missing) wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
an affected OSM element that may be improved

operator:wikidata and operator:wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q2529830 vs Q1560372 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
an affected OSM element that may be improved

operator:wikidata and operator:wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q315369 vs (missing) wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
an affected OSM element that may be improved

operator:wikidata and operator:wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q124476041 vs Q2328532 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( node(1305923025)['operator:wikidata'='Q28172489']['operator:wikipedia'='en:Bestseller (company)']; node(13108906946)['operator:wikidata'='Q315369']['operator:wikipedia'='de:1%261_Versatel']; node(7527469824)['operator:wikidata'='Q2529830']['operator:wikipedia'='de:Vodafone Deutschland']; node(8639587171)['operator:wikidata'='Q315369']['operator:wikipedia'='de:1%261_Versatel']; way(645982663)['operator:wikidata'='Q124476041']['operator:wikipedia'='de:Stadtwerke Karlsruhe']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia wikidata mismatch - for operator prefixed tags']

bridge:wikipedia and bridge:wikidata - move to bridge outline

bridge:wikidata link should be tagged on man_made=bridge outline - without prefix, as just wikidata=*, not on way across bridge. man_made=bridge object may be missing and it may be necessary to draw it, it may be useful to move also some other bridge tags
an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( way(134200976)['bridge:wikidata'!~'.*']['bridge:wikipedia'!~'.*']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['bridge:wikipedia and bridge:wikidata - move to bridge outline']

malformed secondary wikidata tag - for species prefixed tags

malformed value in species:wikidata tag (Lesser flamingo)
Zwergflamingo - an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( node(10820365456)['species:wikidata'='Lesser flamingo']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['malformed secondary wikidata tag - for species prefixed tags']

malformed secondary wikidata tag - for name:etymology prefixed tags

malformed value in name:etymology:wikidata tag (Q1338039; Q57945)
Herweghstraße - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in name:etymology:wikidata tag (Q453099; Q213794)
Struvestraße - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in name:etymology:wikidata tag (Q1338039; Q57945)
Herweghstraße - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in name:etymology:wikidata tag (Q453099; Q213794)
Struvestraße - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in name:etymology:wikidata tag (Q1338039; Q57945)
Herweghstraße - an affected OSM element that may be improved

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:

[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( way(1077991604)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q1338039; Q57945']; way(1231336693)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q453099; Q213794']; way(1231336694)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q1338039; Q57945']; way(314322827)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q1338039; Q57945']; way(314992950)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q1338039; Q57945']; way(314992952)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q1338039; Q57945']; way(4197277)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q453099; Q213794']; way(4212132)['name:etymology:wikidata'='Q1338039; Q57945']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['malformed secondary wikidata tag - for name:etymology prefixed tags']

Other useful resources

JOSM Wikipedia plugin

Note to self: online version hosted at https://matkoniecz.github.io/OSM-wikipedia-tag-validator-reports, files are stored at https://github.com/matkoniecz/OSM-wikipedia-tag-validator-reports.