Wikidata:Property proposal/Burke Herbarium Image Collection contributor ID

Burke Herbarium Image Collection contributor ID

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Person

   Done: Burke Herbarium Image Collection contributor ID (P9674) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for a contributor to the Burke Herbarium Image Collection
Represents	Burke Herbarium Image Collection: Vascular Plants, Macrofungi, & Lichenized Fungi of Washington (Q106210298)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	item; human (Q5), organization (Q43229)
Allowed values	[A-Za-z\.\s]+
Example 1	Gerald D. Carr (Q21507014) → G. D. Carr
Example 2	Richard Olmstead (Q2150310) → Richard Olmstead
Example 3	David Giblin (Q106211810) → David Giblin
Example 4	Olympic National Park Visitor Center (Q36736198) → Olympic National Park Visitor Center
Example 5	Samish Indian Nation Department of Natural Resources (Q106211936) → Samish Indian Nation Dept. of Natural Resources
Source	https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/photos.php?BrowseBy=Photographer
Planned use	Adding to University of Washington faculty and staff items and perhaps other
Number of IDs in source	525
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/profile.php?Name=$1
See also	proposal Burke Herbarium Image Collection ID; Tree of Life contributor ID (P9169)
Applicable "stated in"-value	Burke Herbarium Image Collection: Vascular Plants, Macrofungi, & Lichenized Fungi of Washington (Q106210298)

Motivation

Burke Herbarium Image Collection contains 73,935 photographs and contributions from numerous photographers and botanists. Currently 525 photographers are profiled. Contributor profiles include name, contact information, affiliation, position, website, and educational background and research field. This will be a useful link to information about these people or organizations. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 20:28, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Discussion

•  Support --Emu (talk) 20:53, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose Purpose? --Succu (talk) 21:01, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Contributor profiles include sources of biographical and other information about the contributors, many of whom are botanists at universities or other organizations. This information can be used as a source to create or improve items for these people and organizations. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 19:49, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

As you did at Samish Indian Nation Department of Natural Resources (Q106211936)?! One of your examples. --Succu (talk) 20:29, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

@Succu: Could you elaborate on your criticism? It’s not quite clear to me, but I do think you might raise an important point. --Emu (talk) 08:01, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Support This will be a useful identifier to add to items for these people and organizations, with the goal of reconciling identifiers in this dataset to identifiers for the same entities in Wikidata. --Crystal Clements, University of Washington Libraries (talk) 18:05, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Pteropotamus (talk) 09:17, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Jala360 14:31, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Emwille (talk) 14:32, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@UWashPrincipalCataloger, Succu, Clements.UWLib, Pteropotamus, Jala360: @Emwille:  Done Burke Herbarium Image Collection contributor ID (P9674) --Emu (talk) 22:58, 22 June 2021 (UTC)