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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.

ehemaliger Max-Clemens-Kanal - an affected OSM element that may be improved


St. Lamberti - 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(18776380)['wikipedia'='de:Max-Clemes-Kanal']; way(80384411)['wikipedia'='de:Lambertikirche (Ochtrup)']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia tag links to 404']


wikipedia wikidata mismatch
wikidata and wikipedia tags link to a different objects (Q61889120 vs Q60689795 wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article) Note that this OSM object has wikipedia tag that links redirect ('Herrenholz_und_Schöppinger_Berg' to 'Herrenholz und Schöppinger Berg').
Herrenholz und Schöppinger Berg - 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(18793545)['wikidata'='Q61889120']['wikipedia'='ro:Herrenholz_und_Schöppinger_Berg']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia wikidata mismatch']


invalid old-style wikipedia tag
wikipedia tag in outdated form (brand:wikipedia:ar), is not using any known language code
Hermes Filiale - 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(4802325145)['brand:wikipedia:ar'='de:Hermes Europe']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['invalid old-style wikipedia tag']


information board with wikipedia tag, not subject:wikipedia
information board topic must be tagged with subject:wikipedia tag - not with wikipedia tag
Gastfreundliches Feuchtgebiet - 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(7720826598)['information'='board']['wikipedia'='de:Feuchtgebiet Saerbeck']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['information board with wikipedia tag, not subject:wikipedia']


malformed secondary wikipedia tag - for operator prefixed tags
malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (Barmer Ersatzkasse)
Barmer Krankenkasse - an affected OSM element that may be improved

malformed value in operator:wikipedia tag (Kreissparkasse Steinfurt)
Sparkasse - 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(4739585202)['operator:wikipedia'='Barmer Ersatzkasse']; way(259894270)['operator:wikipedia'='Kreissparkasse Steinfurt']; ); (._;>;); 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 (Q106989447 vs (missing) wikidata id assigned to linked Wikipedia article)
Volksbank im Münsterland eG - 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(1639301765)['operator:wikidata'='Q106989447']['operator:wikipedia'='de:Volksbank Münsterlan Nord']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia wikidata mismatch - for operator prefixed tags']



wikipedia page in unexpected language - ceb is a low quality, bot generated wikipedia - it should not be linked
Lintels Brook - 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(12767024)['wikidata'='Q32098154']['wikipedia'='ceb:Lintels-Brook']; ); (._;>;); out meta qt;//['wikipedia tag links bot wikipedia']

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.