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programmer
the programmer that wrote the piece of software

Description	coder for a piece of software or a digital creative work such as a video game
Represents	programmer (Q5482740), software developer (Q183888)
Data type	Item
Template parameter	"Programmer(s)" in en:Template:Infobox video game
Domain	According to this template: creative work According to statements in the property: work (Q386724) or group of works (Q17489659) When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Allowed values	no specified whitelist/blacklist (note: this should be moved to the property statements)
Example	According to this template: In the page "Assassin's Creed III" (Q40166), as a statement: programmer => David Champagne According to statements in the property: Civilization IV (Q2377) → Soren Johnson (Q9284930) Transport Tycoon (Q651591) → Chris Sawyer (Q454738) When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Source	Wikipedia infobox or the credits section of the video game itself (note: this information should be moved to a property statement; use property source website for the property (P1896))
Tracking: usage	Category:Pages using Wikidata property P943 (Q28839446)
Lists	Items with the most statements of this property Count of items by number of statements (chart) Items with the most statements Items with the fewest statements Count of items by number of sitelinks (chart) Items with the most sitelinks Items with the most sitelinks, but no link to one Wikipedia (sample: Welsh Wikipedia, cywiki) Items with the fewest sitelinks Most linked wikis Items with the most identifier properties By value of property Most statements Fewest statements Most sitelinks Most linked wikis Total of sitelinks on items Most identifiers Fewest identifiers Items with no other statements Most recently created items Items with novalue claims Items with unknown value claims Usage history (total) Usage history (main statement) Chart by item creation date Database reports/Constraint violations/P943 Map Random list
Proposal discussion	Proposal discussion
Current uses	Total 808 Main statement 805 99.6% of uses Qualifier 2 0.2% of uses Reference 1 0.1% of uses
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Type “work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659)”: item must contain property “instance of (P31)” with classes “work (Q386724), group of works (Q17489659)” or their subclasses (defined using subclass of (P279)). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P943#Type Q386724, Q17489659, SPARQL

Property “instance of (P31): human (Q5), fictional character (Q95074)” declared by target items of “programmer (P943)”: If [item A] has this property with value [item B], [item B] is required to have property “instance of (P31): human (Q5), fictional character (Q95074)”. (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P943#Target required claim P31, SPARQL

This property is being used by: cs:Šablona:Infobox - videohra en:Template:Infobox video game/Wikidata, en:Template:Infobox video game hu:Sablon:Videojáték infobox, hu:Sablon:Videójáték infobox uk:Шаблон:Відеогра, uk:Шаблон:Відеогра/пісочниця da:Skabelon:Infoboks computerspil ne:ढाँचा:Infobox video game ca:Plantilla:Infotaula lloc web, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula videojoc, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula de programari/prova, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula de programari, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula programari, ca:Plantilla:Infotaula programari/prova ru:Шаблон:Компьютерная игра, ru:Шаблон:Онлайн-игра zh:Template:Infobox VG simple:Template:Infobox video game si:සැකිල්ල:තොරතුරුකොටුව විදෘශ්‍ය ක්‍රීඩාව ms:Templat:Infobox permainan video az:Şablon:Video oyun, az:Şablon:Videooyun pt:Predefinição:Info/Jogo eletrônico/Wikidata, pt:Predefinição:Info/Software/Wikidata eu:Txantiloi:Lan infotaula automatikoa, eu:Txantiloi:Lan infotaula kab:Talɣa:Infobox intellectual work, kab:Talɣa:Infobox website ha:Template:Infobox intellectual work incubator:Template:Wp/shi/Infobox intellectual work vec:Modeło:Infobox de Software no:Mal:Infoboks videospill ig:Àtụ:Infobox intellectual work shi:Talɣa:Infobox intellectual work b:zh:Template:Infobox VG ga:Teimpléad:WD Bosca Sonraí Bogearraí sv:Mall:Datorspelsfakta nn:Mal:Infoboks dataspel be-tarask:Шаблён:Кампутарная гульня Please notify projects that use this property before big changes (renaming, deletion, merge with another property, etc.)

Rename to "software creator"

IMO programmer can be ambiguous because it can indicate the current maintainer of the software or simply someone who contributes to the software, not only the creator of the software. Shouldn't be better to rename it to "software creator"?--Malore (talk) 14:25, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Other "creator" types do not require sex or gender

Neither creator (P170) nor other "see also" creator-types linked off of it require the person being specified to have a sex or gender declaration on their record. This is an unnecessary constraint for a programmer. There is nothing about a programmer which requires them to have a declared gender in order for them to be added to their works. I propose removing it. Ruthbrarian (talk)

+1. Seems like an oversight. Allanaaaaaaa (talk) 19:55, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

+1 as well. Regarding non-famous living person there is no necessity to add this information (and some people may not want to be categorized as such). Alexander Doria (talk) 20:06, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Dsalo (talk) 20:04, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Infopetal (talk) 20:06, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Emwille (talk) 20:09, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Thematthewmurray (talk) 20:13, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Mdellabitta (talk) 20:19, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Potentially sensitive or private personal information (which gender is for some people) should not be required fields for persons in a globally public database. JohnMarkOckerbloom (talk) 20:29, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Teedeem1 (talk) 20:32, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support "instance of: human" is a sufficient constraint (at least until non-human programmers are a thing) Dan scott (talk) 20:45, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Anarchivist (talk) 21:23, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Ryanwick (talk) 23:53, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Uomovariabile (talk) 07:06, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support & we probably need to clean up other uses of mandatory gender constraints - most could reasonably be suggested if retained at all. Andrew Gray (talk) 12:24, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment it's unclear what would be the downside of suggesting to people to add A, B or unknown. At least, if one is actually interested in contributing to Wikidata and has ever done. --- Jura 14:14, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support マイキ (talk) 20:15, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support M2Ys4U (talk) 00:01, 2 September 2019 (UTC)