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For non-Wikidata installations, it would be beneficial to use letters other than Q for items. Custom installations still tend to rely on Wikidata as an external reference source, so having two types of Q numbers - those in Wikidata, and those in the custom Wikibase - tend to be highly confusing, especially for a large community-driven project like OpenStreetMap. For example, if we have OSM-specific items, they should be easily distinguishable from Wikidata items - e.g. `Y123` vs `Q123`. I have looked in depth at the code, and it seems `Q` has been hardcoded in a large number of places. Some of these places, like `WikibaseDataModel` do not appear to have a "settings" context, yet they have `ItemId::newFromNumber()` methods that use hardcoded `Q`. I will try to work on introducing this, but I may need some guidance on how best to do it. Thanks!

For non-Wikidata installations, it would be beneficial to use letters other than Q for the Wikibase items. Custom installations still tend to rely on Wikidata as an external reference source, so having two types of Q numbers - those in Wikidata, and those in the custom Wikibase - tend to be highly confusing, especially for a large community-driven project like OpenStreetMap. For example, if we have OSM-specific items, they should be easily distinguishable from Wikidata items - e.g. `Y123` vs `Q123`. I have looked in depth at the code, and it seems `Q` has been hardcoded in a large number of places. Some of these places, like `WikibaseDataModel` do not appear to have a "settings" context, yet they have `ItemId::newFromNumber()` methods that use hardcoded `Q`. I will try to work on introducing this, but I may need some guidance on how best to do it. Thanks!

For non-Wikidata installations, it would be beneficial to use letters other than Q for the Wikibase items. Custom installations still tend to rely on Wikidata as an external reference source, so having two types of Q numbers - those in Wikidata, and those in the custom Wikibase - tend to be highly confusing, especially for a large community-driven project like OpenStreetMap. For example, if we have OSM-specific items, they should be easily distinguishable from Wikidata items - e.g. `Y123` vs `Q123`. I have looked in depth at the code, and it seems `Q` has been hardcoded in a large number of places. Some of these places, like `WikibaseDataModel` do not appear to have a "settings" context, yet they have `ItemId::newFromNumber()` methods that use hardcoded `Q`. I will try to work on introducing this, but I may need some guidance on how best to do it. Thanks!