Wikidata:Property proposal/Commons map category
Commons map category edit
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Sister projects
| Description | Name of the Wikimedia Commons category specifically for maps or plans of this item (without the prefix "Category:") |
|---|---|
| Data type | String |
| Domain | Geographical places |
| Allowed values | Only existing Commons categories are allowed. The name is without the "Category:" prefix |
| Example | Cambridge (Q350) → Maps of Cambridge Tower of London (Q62378) → Tower of London plans |
| Formatter URL | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:$1 |
| See also | Commons category (P373) |
- Motivation
It would be useful to be able to tell whether there is a specific category for maps and plans of an item here, as distinct from the general category for the item given by Commons category (P373).
For example, the British Library Mechanical Curator georeferencing project has now georeferenced about 20,000 old maps from 19th century books (with 30,000 still to go), that it is proposed to upload to Commons. With the georeferencing it is often possible to identify a Wikidata item for what the map depicts. However, categorisation on Commons (which it would be good to be able to do as part of the upload) is still not straightforward, because it is typically not clear whether there is a separate sub-category for maps of the item or not.
This property would give a place to store such information.
Note: if there is no specific category for maps of the item (just a general Commons category), then this property should not be applied.
- Discussion
Support as external-ID. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:59, 24 February 2017 (UTC)- @Lea_Lacroix_(WMDE): Can you get input from the team that creats the Wikidata-WikiCommons integration on this property proposal? ChristianKl (talk) 07:23, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
- I don't see a relation between the two. --Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) (talk) 09:20, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
- @Pigsonthewing, Jheald:
Done Given that the proposal has support and there seems to be no conflicts with the general WikiCommons integration I created the property. ChristianKl (talk) 13:13, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
