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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.

St. Gumbertus und Urban - 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(233032923)['wikipedia'='de:St. Gumbertus und Urban (Ottenhofen)']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia tag links to 404']


wikipedia wikidata mismatch
wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q49283892 vs Q507049 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Hagenbüchach - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q117730732 vs Q502450 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Burgbernheim - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q49293073 vs Q240874 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Wilhelmsdorf - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q98269776 vs Q20180651 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Burgstall Mörlbach - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q802857 vs (missing) wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article) Note that this OSM object has wikipedia tag that links redirect ('Bahnstrecke Neustadt (Aisch)–Steinach bei Rothenburg' to 'Bahnstrecke Neustadt (Aisch)–Bad Windsheim').
Bahnstrecke Neustadt (Aisch) - Steinach bei Rothenburg - an affected OSM element that may be improved

wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q33224225 vs Q2241008 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Schloss Frankenberg - 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(240057383)['wikidata'='Q49283892']['wikipedia'='de:Hagenbüchach']; node(240064894)['wikidata'='Q117730732']['wikipedia'='de:Burgbernheim']; node(240108257)['wikidata'='Q49293073']['wikipedia'='de:Wilhelmsdorf (Mittelfranken)']; node(7858591289)['wikidata'='Q98269776']['wikipedia'='de:Burgstall Mörlbach']; relation(136169)['wikidata'='Q802857']['wikipedia'='de:Bahnstrecke Neustadt (Aisch)–Steinach bei Rothenburg']; way(32120662)['wikidata'='Q33224225']['wikipedia'='de:Schloss Frankenberg']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia wikidata mismatch']


information board with wikidata tag, not subject:wikidata
information board topic must be tagged with subject:wikidata tag - not with wikipedia tag
Fingalshöhle - 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(2300237080)['information'='board']['wikidata'='Q1416956']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['information board with wikidata tag, not subject:wikidata']


wikipedia wikidata mismatch - wikipedia points to disambiguation page and wikidata does not
wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects, because wikidata tag points to a redirect that should be followed
article claims to point to disambig, wikidata does not. wikidata tag is likely to be correct, wikipedia tag almost certainly is not
Roter Flieger - an affected OSM element that may be improved
de:Roter Flieger -> de:Roter Flieger (Fränkischer Albverein)
Roter Flieger (Fränkischer Albverein)

overpass query usable in JOSM that will load all objects where this specific error is present:
[out:xml][timeout:3600]; ( relation(364645)['wikidata'='Q106066295']['wikipedia'='de:Roter Flieger']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia wikidata mismatch - wikipedia points to disambiguation page and wikidata does not']


wikipedia wikidata mismatch - for operator prefixed tags
operator:wikidata and operator:wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q1152124 vs Q9322 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Deutsche Bahn - an affected OSM element that may be improved

operator:wikidata and operator:wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q1152124 vs Q9322 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Deutsche Bahn - 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(5290082150)['operator:wikidata'='Q1152124']['operator:wikipedia'='de:Deutsche Bahn']; node(5290082151)['operator:wikidata'='Q1152124']['operator:wikipedia'='de:Deutsche Bahn']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia wikidata mismatch - for operator 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.