Wikidata:WikiProject European Colonialism

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European Colonialism from the 15th century onwards is an important chapter in global history. Their effects can still be observed today. Many people, corporations, social groups and events are linked to it. Wikidata also offers the possibility of naming those actors or events that are otherwise given little space by a more or less Eurocentric historiography.

The goals of the WikiProjekt are:

• To discuss recommendation for describing actors, events, objects and places related to the topic of European Colonialism.
• To coordinate the input of data on the topic.
• To provide the Wikidata part of a still to create Wikimedia user group on the topic.

Basic consideration

The most comprehensive set of definitions of colonial rule in this project describes all territories outside Europe which were founded by European powers as colonies from 1420 onwards. The colonizing actors are organized by the state or act with the consent of a European state.

•  How do we deal with charter companies?
•  How do we deal with colonial powers outside Europe?
•  What's about mandate territories and UN trust territories?

The underlying relationship is that between colonial power (Q20181813) located in Europe (Q46) and colony (Q133156) outside Europe (Q46). No matter how many colonies a colonial power has, each one is a part of an specific instance of colonial empire (Q1790360).

Example: German colonial empire (Q329618) → owned by (P127) → German Empire (Q43287) German East Africa (Q153963) → part of (P361) → German colonial empire (Q329618)

Both the colonial power and the colonies could have predecessor (replaces (P1365)) and successor (replaced by (P1366)) objects.

Example Danish West Indies (Q829655) → part of (P361) → Danish overseas colonies (Q302132) with qualifier end time (P582) → 1917 United States Virgin Islands (Q11703) → replaces (P1365) → Danish West Indies (Q829655) Danish West Indies (Q829655) → replaced by (P1366) → United States Virgin Islands (Q11703) United States Virgin Islands (Q11703) → part of (P361) → insular area of the United States (Q462778) with qualifier start time (P580) → 1917

 Do we really need to define the history of a region outside Europe always via the relationship to their respective colonial power?

Entities to link to colonies in general

This concerns data objects related to more than one colonial power

Examples: Treaty of Tordesillas (Q180897) Berlin Conference (Q13582) Fashoda Incident (Q722699) Dahomey (Q468814)

 How to describe them in relation to the main topic European colonialism (Q17631847)?

Entities to link to a specific colonial empire

We have actors, objects and places which are mostly related to one specific colonial empire. Many of them are located at the motherland.

Examples: Statue of Charles George Gordon (Q26319159) Mahatma Gandhi (Q1001) French Colonial Union (Q5501718) Prince Henry the Navigator (Q182897) Leopold II of Belgium (Q12967)

Entities to link to a specific colony

Proposed statements

Humans

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
work location	P937	Item	workplace: location where persons or organisations were actively participating in employment, business or other work	Hendrik Witbooi <work location> German South-West Africa	-

Qualifiers start time (P580) and end time (P582) should be added to statement work location (P937) if known.

Enterprises

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: business (Q4830453) or sub class of	German East Africa Company <instance of> business	-
operating area	P2541	Item	operating area: geographic area or jurisdiction an organisation or industry operates in, serves, or has responsibility for	German East Africa Company <operating area> German East Africa	-

| AND = (both statements should be set)

Qualifiers start time (P580) and end time (P582) should be added to statement operating area (P2541) if known.

Missionary Societies

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: Christian missionary society (Q20746389) or sub class of	Rhenish Missionary Society <instance of> Christian missionary society	-
operating area	P2541	Item	operating area: geographic area or jurisdiction an organisation or industry operates in, serves, or has responsibility for	Rhenish Missionary Society <operating area> German South-West Africa	-

| AND = (both statements should be set)

Qualifiers start time (P580) and end time (P582) should be added to statement operating area (P2541) if known.

Associations

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: voluntary association (Q48204) or sub class of	Kamerun-Alpen-Klub <instance of> voluntary association	-
interested in	P2650	Item	item of special or vested interest to this person or organisation	Q56676934 <interested in> German East Africa	-

| AND = (both statements should be set)

Qualifiers start time (P580) and end time (P582) should be added to statement interested in (P2650) if known.

Local Groups

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
country	P17	Item	country: sovereign state that this item is in (not to be used for human beings)	Bafia people <country> Kamerun	-

|  Which objects could be used for instance of (P31)?

• Proposition: instance of (P31) → ethnic group (Q41710) for one of the possible subclass of social groups.

Events

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: historical event (Q15815670) (or subclass of)	Haitian Revolution <instance of> slave rebellion	-
country	P17	Item	country: the specific colony	Haitian Revolution <country> Republique Haiti	-
located in the administrative territorial entity	P131	Item	administrative territorial entity: the specific colony (or a place located in the colony and connected via located in the administrative territorial entity (P131))	Bafut Wars <located in the administrative territorial entity> Kamerun	-

| The 1st AND one of the other statements should be set

Artwork

instance of (P31) → (work of art (Q838948) or literary work (Q7725634) or work of art (Q838948)) (or sub class of them)

| AND = (both statements should be set)

(depicts (P180) or location of discovery (P189) or place of publication (P291) or narrative location (P840) or main subject (P921) or filming location (P915) or work location (P937) or location of creation (P1071) or interested in (P2650) or location of first performance (P4647)) → the specific colony or a part of the colony or a place located in the colony

Lists

• List of colonial powers
• List of colonial empires

Lists concerning instances of colonial empires

Some items in the following lists are not instance of (P31) of their respective colonial empire. Please edit.

• Lists concerning the Spanish colonial empire
• Lists concerning the Portugese colonial empire
• Lists concerning the British colonial empire
• Lists concerning the French colonial empire
• Lists concerning the Dutch colonial empire
• Lists concerning the Danish colonial empire
• Lists concerning the Brandenburg colonial empire
• Lists concerning the German colonial empire (with sub queries)
• Lists concerning the Belgian colonial empire
• Lists concerning the Italian colonial empire
• Lists concerning the Austrian colonial empire

List of participants

WikiProject_European_Colonialism/Participants