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== Dump of a Wikidata entity ==

When working with Wikidata, it can be useful to examine a table representing an entity.

For example, [[Southern African Large Telescope]] is [[d:Q833639]]. That entity can be viewed as a Lua table by previewing:
:<code><nowiki>{{#invoke:dump|wikidata|Q833639}}</nowiki></code>
To do that, edit [[Special:MyPage/sandbox|your sandbox]] and replace its contents with the above line, then click Show preview. [[Module talk:Dump]] shows this example.

If wanted, the width of each indented column can be set, for example to two spaces or to use tab characters:
:<code><nowiki>{{#invoke:dump|wikidata|Q833639|indent=2}}</nowiki></code>
:<code><nowiki>{{#invoke:dump|wikidata|Q833639|indent=tab}}</nowiki></code>

A property such as {{Q|P2386}} can also be displayed:
:<code><nowiki>{{#invoke:dump|wikidata|P2386}}</nowiki></code>