Wikidata:Property proposal/Alabama Authors

Alabama Authors ID edit

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Person

Descriptionidentifier for bibliography of authors who have some connection to the State of Alabama
Data typeExternal identifier
Domainhuman (Q5)
Example 1Marva Collins (Q6778111)1144
Example 2Booker T. Washington (Q319871)2034
Example 3Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston (Q275474)1067
Sourcehttp://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/
Number of IDs in source>5,000
Expected completenessalways incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URLhttp://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/?p=$1
Single-value constraintyes
Distinct-values constraintyes

Motivation edit

Alabama Authors online catalog is maintained by the Alabama Library Association (ALLA) and hosted by the University of Alabama. It includes bibliographic and biographic information about authors who have a connection to Alabama, its history, or its culture. The editorial committee's stated goal is "to include even very obscure authors and those who have written only a small number of titles." The online version of the catalog appears to include a selection of notable authors (1,500–2,000), and does not yet include all authors found in ALLA's file at the UA Library. Thosbsamsgom (talk) 21:17, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit