Template:External reference error reports

Error reports

Reports:

Error type	Item(s) affected	Description/Duplicates	Exception	Reported	Resolved (also unpublished)	Resolved and published	Wikidata updated

Template documentation

This template is used to create a table that can give information on how to contact the maintainer of an external reference and can display a table that can be filled with error reports for that reference.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
contact	contact	Contact information to the maintainer of the external reference. Example E-mail: mailto:ULAN@getty.edu; Language: English	Content	optional
modeling	modeling	Explanation how to deal with errors in external references before and after they got resolved in the reference.	Content	optional
reports	reports	Rows with error reports using "Template:Error report row".	Unbalanced wikitext	optional

See also

• This template should be substituted, where possible, with error-report URL or e-mail (P10923).
• Wikidata:Data round-tripping
• Creation and content of this template were discussed at Wikidata:Project chat#Reporting errors in external databases.
• A way to deal with withdrawn identifiers is XYreason for deprecated rank (P2241)withdrawn identifier value (Q21441764). It is currently obviously mainly used by Art UK artist ID (P1367), GSS code (2011) (P836), IdRef ID (P269), cf. statements qualified by reason for deprecated rank (P2241).
• issue tracker URL (P1401), maintained by (P126): perhaps starts for an approach to give contact information on item/property pages themselves
• m:2016 Community Wishlist Survey/Categories/Wikidata#Keep Wikidata in sync with external databases from 2016-11/12
• Wikidata:Property proposal/source validity comment from 2016-07
• Wikidata:Partnerships and data imports: orphaned project that perhaps had aims to stream back data