Add field for Wikidata ID

Feature Requests
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I would like to add Wikidata IDs to taxons/taxa.

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You can add a link on the taxa page under the about page for that.

Alternatively if there is a Wikipedia article typically it has the references box at tbe bottom and if you fill it in at Wikidata it will show there

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@tobiasschnberg - like here as an example https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/891870-Armoracia-sisymbrioides

All users can add these and it is more flexible than a dedicated field as it supports any external link.

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Yeah, this seems a bit redundant, since Wikidata is already collecting and associating iNaturalist IDs. iNaturalist/iNat users shouldn’t have to spend time making that link again. A more efficient solution would be to incorporate something like the taxonbar automatically on every page.

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For those who want to add this to a Wikipedia page, and dont want to try and read up or find how to do it, it is added to a species page by adding the following at the bottom of the page.

{{Taxonbar|from=Q333796}}

Where Qxxxxxxx represents the page identifier for the species from Wikidata (for example Q333796 is the Wikidata page for Great Blue Heron

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