Property proposal:	Generic	Authority control	Person	Organization
	Creative work	Place	Sports	Sister projects
	Transportation	Natural science	Computing	Lexeme

Cultural heritage

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Cultural heritage, Wikidata:WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage

Other related projects: Category:Cultural heritage WikiProjects

National Historical Museums of Sweden object ID

On hold

Description	authority identification for an object in the collections of the National Historical Museums of Sweden
Data type	External identifier
Allowed values	[0-9A-Z]{8}-[0-9A-Z]{4}-[0-9A-Z]{4}-[0-9A-Z]{4}-[0-9A-Z]{12}
Example 1	Streiff (Q10681657) → https://samlingar.shm.se/object/A4B754D2-5CB6-4FA1-997A-970250E32044
Example 2	Mosjömadonnan (Q10589526) → https://samlingar.shm.se/object/7C505995-EBF5-4106-BBEE-17F52BB3EA83
Example 3	Elizabeth Reliquary (Q26253636) → https://samlingar.shm.se/object/8BA2743C-5065-438B-9FAA-D854606DB716
Source	https://samlingar.shm.se
Planned use	Matching and creating items in the collection that are depicted on Wikimedia Commons
Number of IDs in source	1 300 000
Expected completeness	no label (Q21873886 (always incomplete))
Formatter URL	https://samlingar.shm.se/object/$1
See also	Nationalmuseum Sweden artwork ID (P2539)
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

Needed to be able to matching and creating items on Wikidata that are objects in the collection of NHM and that are depicted in images on Wikimedia Commons, for example. / LinneaKarlberg (talk) 12:58, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support Azad Karimi (talk) 13:56, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support LinneaKarlberg (talk) 13:05, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support Eva L Vedin (talk) 13:08, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support Elinor Rajka (talk) 19:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support Azad Karimi (talk) 13:56, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment @LinneaKarlberg:, @Eva L Vedin:, @Elinor Rajka:, @Azad Karimi: coordinating support votes with ones colleagues is not helpful, the property proposal process is in place for a reason. Abbe98 (talk) 22:34, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, we did not know. LinneaKarlberg (talk) 07:19, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Considering that National Historical Museums of Sweden ID (P9495) exists and that other properties from SHM are likely to be proposed in the future(places, events, heritage sites, ect) maybe there should only be one property? As far as I'm aware the UUIDs are unique across the various types and even if that wouldn't be the case one could include the type prefix in the id. Abbe98 (talk) 22:40, 7 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Abbe98: Sure, that would probably work. Do you have an example of another external identifier that includes several different types so I can check how it works? Is it possible then to change the name and details of P9495? LinneaKarlberg (talk) 07:22, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Europeana entity (P7704) would be one example. I would imagine migrating/generalizing National Historical Museums of Sweden ID (P9495) by: 1. updating the formatter URL 2. adding the agent prefix to existing values 3. updating the label/description of the property Abbe98 (talk) 10:08, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Per the discussion above, I would suggest generalizing National Historical Museums of Sweden ID (P9495) rather than creating a new property for each type. I cave created a section on the discussion page. Abbe98 (talk) 10:20, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Abbe98

, It would then be necessary to differentiate "agents" from "object". How would you like to do? (incorporate it into the identifier as a general property? or use an external URL formatter?) We can also consider that each property will be dedicated to the type (less errors with dedicated constraints). It would be necessary to recontact those who have already voted, as well as the voters of the other property, to find out if your idea appeals to them, but with more information. I don't see a URL leading directly to the correct page without using the type (with only the UUID). Example: type:UUID. Cordially. —Eihel (talk) 03:47, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I would imagine we would use one of the seven possible prefixes like agent/<UUID> and object/<UUID>. We could also use a generic resolver but there isn't an official one so I think such a solution is less optimal. Abbe98 (talk) 06:48, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Abbe98: @Eihel: @LinneaKarlberg: We just had a discussion about this with the Wikidata team at the National Historical Museums of Sweden. Our conclusion is that this property should not be created, and Abbe98's solution (using prefixes) is better. This will include us (WMSE is supporting the museum in their Wikidata work) generalizing National Historical Museums of Sweden ID (P9495) and removing /person/ from the formatter URL and then adding the person prefix to all the existing uses of the property. --Alicia Fagerving (WMSE) (talk) 12:10, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Alicia Fagerving (WMSE) I have pinged all the people who voted on National Historical Museums of Sweden ID (P9495). I think we should leave it over the weekend at least but then if there are no one oposing this I can migrate it early next week. Abbe98 (talk) 12:32, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We at NHM are all on board with this approach instead of several Properties. LinneaKarlberg (talk) 08:09, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like an excellent idea. Many thanks Abbe98 . /André Costa (WMSE) (talk) 08:51, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks everyone, I've started re-defining National Historical Museums of Sweden ID (P9495) and will migrate the existing items using it. --Alicia Fagerving (WMSE) (talk) 12:19, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

National Archives of Sweden persistent identifier

On hold

Description	persistent identifier for objects in the National Archives of Sweden main archival database
Represents	National Archives of Sweden (Q1724971)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	archival resource (Q106815942), document (Q49848), work (Q386724)
Allowed values	Base62-encoded UUID
Example 1	No 2. Elbing. (Q111517198) → eYHMeAFOm4sNVmxKK3M5L2
Example 2	No 3. Elbing (Q111517379) → 0zDW3BS0Gw9Haap2yUVspE
Example 3	No 4. Danzigk wir es Eltere und newer werck (Q111519390) → zmQwWNi2ag9DQGJxnSVmD0
Implied notability	Wikidata property for an identifier that does not imply notability (Q62589320)
Formatter URL	https://sok.riksarkivet.se/arkiv/$1
See also	Swedish National Archive reference code (P5324)
Applicable "stated in"-value	National Archives of Sweden (Q117288060)
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

Wikidata-objekt med denna egenskapen kan också ha Nationell Arkivdatabas Referenskod (P5324), men den persistenta identifieraren är enklare att använda för att skapa webbsides-URLer och länkad data-URIer. Nils Weinander (Riksarkivet Sverige) (talk) 13:28, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Comment Hi - could you fix your examples to look more like other property proposals (should look like: item → id) ? Also it would be useful to have formatter URL and some of the other template parameters filled out if possible. ArthurPSmith (talk) 14:21, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the feedback! This is my first property proposal so I am very unsure of how to do things. I have reformatted the examples, added URL format and a see also reference. Nils Weinander (Riksarkivet Sverige) (talk) 08:22, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ok, looks good to me now! ArthurPSmith (talk) 15:48, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jneubert (talk) 05:53, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment are the above examples also the canonical URIs? Considering that the RA has quite a lot of identifiers, could there be a less generic name/description? "primary database" doesn't say much to the average user. Abbe98 (talk) 21:18, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support,
Ainali Belteshassar so9q Vätte Popperipopp Tulipasylvestris Esquilo Daniel Mietchen — with focus on topics related to research (Q42240) VisbyStar Haxpett QubeCube Marcus.linneberg Vitplister Spisen Sollentuna Myohmy671 Autom S4b1nuz E.656 JoranL
Notified participants of WikiProject Sweden —MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 06:36, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It has been created as Swedish National Archive agent ID (P9713) se discussion - Salgo60 (talk) 07:43, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not the same as I understand. This proposal is for objects in archives (maybe even archives or series, though I struggle to come up with a case where they would have a wikidata item). The property you link is for an agent (Swedish: arkivbildare). Belteshassar (talk) 09:15, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Belteshassar, Nils Weinander (Riksarkivet Sverige), Abbe98: Dont we make it more complex than needed. Formatter url is the same

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/agent/$1

My suggestion change the name on Swedish National Archive agent ID (P9713) to be both... I have used (maybe wrongly) both for the "person agent" and the "archive agent"

1) List examples nota bene August Strindberg seems to have more person identifiers at the National Archive looks like something that needs to be cleaned at "the National Archive"...

Having 2 different properties is like if someone should connect with Wikidata and add new properties for every type of instance instance of (P31) Wikidata has... ?

Also Swedish National Archive reference code (P5324) is used for both persons and archives

- Salgo60 (talk) 20:35, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, I think this would be useful, perhaps also on commons. I’m not sure how many entries in NAD reference individual works, as I understand the purpose of the proposal, and to what degree those works are notable for Wikidata. Perhaps the creator of the proposal could enlighten me. Belteshassar (talk) 09:23, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- pushed the question also to github.com/Riksarkivet/dataplattform - Salgo60 (talk) 13:24, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment read the thoughts over at the National Archive - Salgo60 (talk) 03:10, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Writing as the original author of this propopsal, I would like to put this on hold for the moment. I realize that this should probably be the RDF URI rather than just the PID. I have to think this over and if I do end up with wanting the RDF URI, there are issues to clear with the format of this. - Nils Weinander (Riksarkivet Sverige) (talk) 11:26, 28 Mars 2023 (UTC)
FYI: Nils is working at the Swedish National Archives with this - Salgo60 (talk) 17:17, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like Nils left Riksarkivet and the whole thing died. I tried to ask about Riksarkivets terms but get odd answers see issue #22 - Salgo60 (talk) 10:53, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cinematography

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Movies

Other relevant projects: Category:Movie WikiProjects

Television

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Movies

‎Trakt episode ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for a episode in the Trakt.tv database
Represents	Trakt.tv (Q84591894)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	television series episode (Q21191270)
Allowed values	[1-9]\d*
Example 1	Ozymandias (Q15015260) → 73541
Example 2	Blink (Q1885659) → 951467
Example 3	Severed Dreams (Q4310395) → 244779
Source	https://trakt.tv
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
Formatter URL	https://trakt.tv/episodes/$1
Robot and gadget jobs	import uris via IMDb ID (P345), and search [data-episode-id="xxxxxx"] in page source code
Applicable "stated in"-value	Trakt.tv (Q84591894)

Motivation

The UUID of the episode on Trakt.tv. It can be found in the source code of the page under the value data-episode-id="xxxx", where xxxx is the episode UUID.

Analogy for the TheTVDb episode identifier. pecela – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pecela (talk • contribs) at 03:14, August 27, 2024‎ (UTC).

Discussion

Support --Lewis Hulbert (talk) 09:27, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see that Trakt.tv ID (P8013) is generic and covers episodes among a wide range of things. With a broad format URL, why is that property not suitable? I'd rather not have properties for each of the things Trakt stores, though we already have Trakt.tv film ID (P12492). If we need all 3 (or more) IDs, is there a commitment to reorganise the existing structure? Vicarage (talk) 16:15, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎TV Maze character ID

Done: ‎TV Maze character ID (P12978) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for a character on the TV Maze film database
Represents	TV Maze (Q84863617)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	television character (Q15773317)
Allowed values	^[1-9]\d*$
Example 1	Cosmo Kramer (Q2916792)→85604
Example 2	Jimmy McNulty (Q6200826)→49349
Example 3	Tyrion Lannister (Q2076759)→15604
Example 4	Saul Goodman (Q7154377)→45535present in work (P1441)Breaking Bad (Q1079)
Example 5	Saul Goodman (Q7154377)→86444present in work (P1441)Better Call Saul (Q14925221)
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://www.tvmaze.com/characters/$1/-
See also	TV Maze series ID (P8600), TV Maze episode ID (P11294), TV Maze season ID (P10669), TV Maze person ID (P11449)
Wikidata project	WikiProject Film (Q8485793)

Motivation

TV Maze is a database of television series for which we already have a number of Wikidata properties for. This may come in handy because ever since IMDb deprecated their character pages there has been a lack of identifiers for television characters.

Unfortunately, there does seem to be some duplication with characters that appear in multiple series (see the Saul Goodman example) but I don't think this is a major problem and it can be dealt with using qualifiers. --Lewis Hulbert (talk) 01:09, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

TomT0m Valentina.Anitnelav Shisma (talk) ElanHR Arlo Barnes (talk) Maria zaos (talk) EEMIV (talk) OmegaFallon (talk) Kurzov (talk) dseomn (talk) Natureshadow (talk)
Notified participants of WikiProject Fictional universes. --Lewis Hulbert (talk) 14:54, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Shisma (talk) 15:11, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lewis Hulbert, could you please clarify comments by @Shisma? Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 20:41, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ZI_Jony did not comment. I just supported – Shisma (talk) 11:52, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well noted. Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 14:31, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lewis Hulbert, Shisma: Done as ‎TV Maze character ID (P12978) Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 19:01, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anime and manga

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Anime and Manga

Music

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Music

Other relevant projects: Category:Music WikiProjects

Board game

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Board Games

game designer

Done: game designer (P12969) (Talk and documentation)

Description	person(s) who devised and developed this game
Represents	game designer (Q3630699)
Data type	Item
Template parameter	"designer" in en:Template:Infobox game, en:Template:Infobox video game and en:Template:Infobox card game "Autor" in de:Vorlage:Infobox Spiel; "геймдизайнер" in ru:Шаблон:Компьютерная игра and "дизайнер" in ru:Шаблон:Настольная игра
Domain	game (Q11410)
Allowed values	instances of human (Q5) or group of humans (Q16334295)
Example 1	Codenames (Q25203543) → Vlaada Chvátil (Q1791461)
Example 2	The Settlers of Catan (Q17271) → Klaus Teuber (Q61088)
Example 3	Dune (Q389078) → Peter Olotka (Q19662251), Jack Kittredge (Q65936417), Bill Eberle (Q65673817)
Example 4	Portal (Q274897) → Kim Swift (Q6409464)
Example 5	Super Mario Bros. (Q11168) → Shigeru Miyamoto (Q12382), Takashi Tezuka (Q509121)
Planned use	Replace uses of creator (P170), designed by (P287), developer (P178), author (P50), and discoverer or inventor (P61) with the new property

Motivation

Edit: Based on the feedback I have expanded the scope to video games as well. I was hesitant to do this at first because designed by (P287) is already well-established for video games: en:Template:Infobox video game and 2007 video games use it.

5 years have passed since the Property for board and card game creators discussion and we still haven't agreed on how to model relationships between board games and its designers. Currently, there are five competing properties in use – what a mess.

Why I think the existing properties are not sufficient:

developer (P178) is mostly used for video games. Its values are often companies but board game designers aren't.
author (P50) should only be used for written works (I assume this one has so many uses because board game designers are called Autoren in German)
designed by (P287) could be mistaken for graphic designer/illustrator (P110) (especially by German users).
creator (P170) and discoverer or inventor (P61) are too generic. Labels in other languages are often awkward.

But most importantly: it's not obvious to editors which of the above properties they should choose, resulting in the mess we are in. Dexxor (talk) 12:55, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Notified participants of WikiProject Board Games

Wouldn't it be more practical to turn this into a broader property – "game designer" – that could be used with board games, video games, and maybe even physical games, if there are such cases? I think most of the problems listed above also apply to video games. Currently, designed by (P287) is sometimes used for both the "game scenario ideas" position and the "visuals/illustrations" position. While the examples in this property include Jony Ive with iPhones and a furniture designer - which, to be honest, seems to have nothing to do with game design. And the only other way to fill this position is developer (P178) + video game designer (Q18882335) qualifier. The game designer profession itself seems to be pretty well established to be independently recognized and weighted. Pinging the VG project to see what others think:
applsdev Arlo Barnes BugWarp Coloradohusky CptViraj Cupkake4Yoshi Cwf97 Cynde Moya Danrok Datumizer Dexxor Diggr Dispenser Dollarsign8 DoublePendulumAttractor EdoAug Edolusill Eniehack Facenapalm Floyd-out FullyAwesome Harshrathod50 Jean-Frédéric Keplersj Kirilloparma Lewis Hulbert LotsofTheories Macocobovi Macrike Master Of Ninja Matthias M. Metafire18 Nicereddy Odjob16 Oduci Poslovitch Rampagingcarrot RampantSpirit Santer Sight Contamination thgiex Tomodachi94 VGPaleontologist Wd-Ryan WikiSyn YotaMoteuchi
Notified participants of WikiProject Video games. Solidest (talk) 12:22, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Either this property should be expanded to a general "game designer", or the game artist (P3080) property can be used for board game art. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 15:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm leaning towards the above option "game designer" instead of the specific one proposed. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 01:52, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Supporting the expanded version. Solidest (talk) 13:35, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like the wider game designer, that should cover most use cases. Ainali (talk) 14:53, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dexxor, Kirilloparma, Solidest, Wd-Ryan, Ainali:

Done: game designer (P12969). --Lewis Hulbert (talk) 23:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lewis Hulbert: Thanks for creating it, however when you open it, it sticks and just won't open. So far it can only be opened by browsing some diff, am I the only one experiencing this? Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 02:33, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kirilloparma, I'm also getting same issue, please see Wikidata:DEV#Issues with adding statements to a new property. Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 02:41, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it looks like some kind of bug. My advice for now is to create a ticket in phabricator and temporarily avoid creating properties via the Wikidata interface. I suggest to try using PropertyCreator.js or as I do on a regular basis create properties via QuickStatements (example). I don't know how it would help though, but it's worth a try. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:00, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried QuickStatements earlier in the same situation, unfortunately doesn't work well! However, your suggestion is very good, It's looks like Antonin's createprop which was not working for long time. Thanks! Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 03:38, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tabletopia game ID

Done: Tabletopia game ID (P12970) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for a board game on tabletopia.com
Represents	Tabletopia (Q96407561)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	social game (Q17351672)
Example 1	Wingspan (Q65784798) → wingspan
Example 2	Terra Mystica (Q17147000) → terra-mystica
Example 3	Go (Q11413) → go
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Planned use	Mass-import using matching BoardGameGeek IDs
Number of IDs in source	2594
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://tabletopia.com/games/$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes
Wikidata project	WikiProject Board and table games (Q9456907)

Motivation

Linking together different databases is one of Wikidata's biggest strengths but board game databases are still underrepresented. Compared to BoardGameGeek, Tabletopia has a simpler UI and offers official rule books that can be downloaded as PDF without login. Dexxor (talk) 21:10, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Notified participants of WikiProject Board Games

Support ArthurPSmith (talk) 19:40, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dexxor, ArthurPSmith: Done as Tabletopia game ID (P12970) Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 03:23, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Board Game Arena ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for a game on boardgamearena.com
Represents	Board Game Arena (Q50042959)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	social game (Q17351672)
Example 1	Wingspan (Q65784798) → wingspan
Example 2	Terra Mystica (Q17147000) → terra-mystica
Example 3	7 Wonders (Q17276) → sevenwonders
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Number of IDs in source	916
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes
Wikidata project	WikiProject Board and table games (Q9456907)

Board Game Arena numeric ID

Under discussion

Description	numeric identifier for a game on boardgamearena.com. Use as qualifier
Data type	External identifier
Example 1	Wingspan (Q65784798) → 1635
Example 2	Terra Mystica (Q17147000) → 1118
Example 3	7 Wonders (Q17276) → 1131
Formatter URL	https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?id=$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

Boardgamearena.com provides lots of useful information about a game, has interactive tutorials, and it often links to other databases like myludo.fr, lad.education, tesera.ru, spellenlab.be, nastol.io, jeuxstrategieter.free.fr, and ludopedia.com.br (for which I will also create property proposals). Dexxor (talk) 22:08, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Notified participants of WikiProject Board Games

Comment One could argue that the numeric ID should be the main value and the human-friendly ID should be used as qualifier. But since the numeric IDs are pretty well-hidden (you can find them by searching for <span style="display:none" id="game_id"> in the HTML source) I would speculate that the human-friendly IDs are actually more stable/permanent. Dexxor (talk) 22:08, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BoardGaming.com game ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for a game on BoardGaming.com
Represents	BoardGaming.com (Q129740046)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	social game (Q17351672)
Example 1	Wingspan (Q65784798) → wingspan
Example 2	Terra Mystica (Q17147000) → terra-mystica
Example 3	Fiasco (Q3744369) → fiasco
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Planned use	Create Mix'n'match catalog
Number of IDs in source	3644
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://boardgaming.com/games/$1
URL match pattern	`^https?://boardgaming.com/games/[^/]+/([a-z0-9₂–_-]+)`
See also	BoardGameGeek ID (P2339)
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes
Wikidata project	WikiProject Board and table games (Q9456907)

BoardGaming.com numeric game ID

Under discussion

Description	numeric identifier for a game on BoardGaming.com. Use as qualifier
Data type	External identifier
Example 1	Wingspan (Q65784798) → 65958
Example 2	Terra Mystica (Q17147000) → 32707
Example 3	Fiasco (Q3744369) → 9387
Formatter URL	https://boardgaming.com/?p=$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

This is probably the biggest contender to BoardGameGeek. It has been around since 2010. Dexxor (talk) 11:12, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Notified participants of WikiProject Board Games

Comment The numeric ID is the Wordpress post ID obtained by searching for postid in the HTML source. I would expect that the numeric IDs become obsolete should BoardGaming.com ever switch away from Wordpress. Dexxor (talk) 11:16, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BoardGameGeek game mechanic ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for a game mechanic on BoardGameGeek
Represents	BoardGameGeek (Q887528)
Data type	External identifier
Example 1	rock–paper–scissors (Q3939644)→2003
Example 2	area majority (Q19618360)→2080
Example 3	bidding (Q2142250)→2012
External links	Use in sister projects: [ar] • [de] • [en] • [es] • [fr] • [he] • [it] • [ja] • [ko] • [nl] • [pl] • [pt] • [ru] • [sv] • [vi] • [zh] • [commons] • [species] • [wd] • [en.wikt] • [fr.wikt].
Planned use	possibly useful as an external link on Wikipedia pages that may describe these game mechanics, as well as a way to verify the content of the Wikidata item.
Number of IDs in source	192, possibly? The browsing page for IDs has that amount: https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgamemechanic
Expected completeness	eventually complete (Q21873974)
Formatter URL	https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamemechanic/$1
See also	BoardGameGeek ID (P2339), BoardGameGeek game publisher ID (P6160), BoardGameGeek family ID (P8675), BoardGameGeek designer ID (P3505)
Applicable "stated in"-value	BoardGameGeek (Q887528)
Single-value constraint	yes

Motivation

I've seen some items that would fit this identifier recently, and I think it would make sense to have it available alongside the other BoardGameGeek IDs. Outside of Wikidata, I'm also hoping to spruce up the tabletop game space on nowiki, so it would make a nice addition, should I start writing about game mechancis on this other project where we tend to use Wikidata a bit. EdoAug (talk) 00:30, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Video game

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Video games

Other relevant projects: Category:Video game WikiProjects

Literature

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Books

Other relevant projects: Category:Book WikiProjects

Scientific literature

Biblioteka Nauki IDs

Biblioteka Nauki article ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for an article on bibliotekanauki.pl
Represents	Biblioteka Nauki (Q113016424)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	scholarly article (Q13442814)
Example 1	Geometrical interpretation of the sinh-Gordon equation (Q130062139) → 714437
Example 2	General principles of law and taxation (Q117536139) → 2010032
Example 3	Privacy and Transparency in the 4th Space: Implications for Conspiracy Theories (Q114023825) → 31234178
Number of IDs in source	571653
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Biblioteka Nauki journal ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for a journal on bibliotekanauki.pl
Data type	External identifier
Domain	scientific journal (Q5633421)
Example 1	Annales Polonici Mathematici (Q9155888) → 1087
Example 2	Review of European and Comparative Law (Q96719000) → 1176
Example 3	Filozofia i Nauka (Q96701581) → 18618
Number of IDs in source	1700
Formatter URL	https://bibliotekanauki.pl/journals/$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Biblioteka Nauki book ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for a book on bibliotekanauki.pl
Data type	External identifier
Domain	book (Q571)
Example 1	Aegyptus et Nubia Christiana. The Włodzimierz Godlewski jubilee volume on the occasion of his 70th birthday (Q125753655) → 1046641
Example 2	New media in the social spaces. Strategies of influence (Q130089387) → 2031079
Example 3	Otwarty dostęp (translation) (Q56242287) → 2143725
Number of IDs in source	1900
Formatter URL	https://bibliotekanauki.pl/books/$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Biblioteka Nauki publisher ID

Under discussion

Description	identifier for a publisher on bibliotekanauki.pl
Data type	External identifier
Domain	publishing company (Q2085381), higher education institution (Q38723)
Example 1	Jacob of Paradyż University of Applied Sciences in Gorzów Wielkopolski (Q30263914) → 370
Example 2	Centralne Laboratorium Kryminalistyczne Policji (Q30261001) → 388
Example 3	Frontiers Media (Q80796) → 1001
Number of IDs in source	1000
Formatter URL	https://bibliotekanauki.pl/books/$1
Single-value constraint	yes
Distinct-values constraint	yes

Motivation

Open-access library created in 2021 by University of Warsaw with over 571,000 articles, 1700 journals, 1900 books, and 1000 publishers. Dexxor (talk) 23:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Notified participants of WikiProject Open Access

Video

Image

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Visual arts

Podcast

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Podcasts

Theatre

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Performing arts, Wikidata:WikiProject Theatre

Fiction

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Fictional universes, Wikidata:WikiProject Narration

For projects about specific universes, see: Category:Fiction WikiProjects

health/hit points

Under discussion

Description	health or armor points of this video game, board game or role-playing game character
Represents	health (Q668136)
Data type	Quantity
Example 1	Adam Warlock (Q130232493) > 250
Example 2	Infested Girl (Q130232401) > 16
Example 3	Mercy (Q28592386) > 225
Example 4	Sniper (Q128164668) > 90
Example 5	Sniper (Q128164668) > 50 (applies to part > armor (Q130232601))
Example 6	Claude Speed (Q2721597) > 10
Example 7	Claude (Q14805400) > 100
Example 8	Zoey (Q65924442) > 100
Example 9	Creeper (Q13164404) > 20 (applies to work (P10663) > Minecraft (Q49740))
Example 10	Cacodemon (Q108324133) > 400 (applies to work (P10663) > Doom (Q189784))
Wikidata project	WikiProject Video games (Q8485882)

Motivation

We have no way of modeling this so a property is needed

Discussion

Comment is this really within Wikidata:Scope? You can only look this up from the game data which makes this original research. Also how do you compare this across games? 100 hitpoints might be a lot for one game and not so much for a game where the weapons kill you at first shot. Matthias M. (talk) 21:58, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It can also be referenced from wikis about the game. Original research isn't the only option. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 22:01, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Wd-Ryan: Are you referring to Fandom/Wikia wikis and other player-maintained wikis? These are considered unreliable (due to it being user-generated content) on many other Wikimedia projects. Is this "allowed for" on Wikidata? EdoAug (talk) 22:48, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure if it makes the statement ineligible for inclusion altogether, but most identifiers can be entered as a reference. These websites, however, do not make the subject of the item notable. Either way, it isn't accurate to say health points wouldn't be found in any other external resource. For example, this random news article I quickly found references hitpoints (Not that this specific one is applicable).

I'd also be fine with having this data in an existing property if there's a good one. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 23:11, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If someone for whatever reason wishes to ban Fandom as a source then this is not the right place to discuss it anyways Trade (talk) 22:30, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Naturally in some games 100 hitpoints will be a lot and in others very little. This is an issue of scaling and balancing and not something that affects the truthness of the statement Trade (talk) 22:41, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This could be used on all items of Minecraft mobs. -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 22:02, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment What about using properties such as has characteristic (P1552) (or something similar) and quantity (P1114) for the plethora of (video, board, role-playing) game attributes? A similar property is personality trait of fictional character (P9652). EdoAug (talk) 22:34, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How about we just widen the scope to include board and role-playing games? Trade (talk) 22:50, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Trade: I'm referring to other types of attributes, such as strength, charisma, armour, running speed, mana, agility, dexterity, and the many other traits that characters may have in video games (but also other types of games), as well as health (and damage). Instead of creating bespoke properties for these, why not just have one for "gameplay trait of fictional character or item", or just use one of the aforementioned properties (and qualifier)? EdoAug (talk) 22:58, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mechanics such as hit points and damage are largely universal across game genres and (arguable) inherent to most of them. Being able to spend skill points across multiple attributes for your characters is not Trade (talk) 23:17, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not all usage of other attributes include spending skill points. Health and damage are not static numbers, either – many non-player characters in RPG video games have an ever-changing array of numbers, such as Jaina Proudmoore (Q819585), whose health is different in various expansions of World of Warcraft, as well as spin-off games such as Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone, where her damage and mana (resource) is also relevant.

I am simply offering an alternative way of portraying these numbers in a way that may include a wider spectrum of similar traits. I don't really think specific properties are necessary, but I'm not too opposed to them either. I think it would be better to have a more open-ended property that would accommodate for multiple types of statistics (including health and damage... and mana, agility, running speed, level, et cetera). EdoAug (talk) 23:28, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree we need a property with a wider scope, there's going to be plenty of stats that only apply to items from specific games so a general purpose property in the same area as has characteristic (P1552) would likely work best. Taking Pokémon items as an example (I believe we have over 1000 of those at this point) it would be advantageous to be able to provide their base statistics: HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed. Since these stats are quite relevant to gameplay it should be easy to find sources without having to resort to fan wikis. --Lewis Hulbert (talk) 02:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you, Lewis. Some kind of "has statistic" property with a number data type and units for each statistic type. (health point, attack point, etc.) -wd-Ryan (Talk/Edits) 17:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's something along the lines I meant. EdoAug (talk) 17:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This type of data belongs in a specific fan wiki. The numbers aren't meaningful to non-players. Dexxor (talk) 00:02, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikidata is contributed by people active in different topics and have very different goals of contribution, so "not meaningful to non-players" is not a good reason against it. However we does have a Wikia equalvent of Wikidata (Wikibase Cloud), so I have no position for or against the property.--GZWDer (talk) 11:20, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

damage

Under discussion

Description	damage value of this video game weapon, ability or character
Represents	damage (Q130232698)
Data type	Quantity
Example 1	Neon Annihilator (Q116862236) > 52
Example 2	Crowbar (Q127947788) > 18
Example 3	Baseball Bat (Q130215531) > 4
Example 4	Hammer (Q123017141) > 16 (target (P533) > front (Q32198356))
Example 5	Hammer (Q123017141) > 32 (target (P533) > back (Q32198402))
Example 7	Crowbar (Q66690853) > 180 (applies to work (P10663) > Saints Row (Q2020055))
Example 8	Crowbar (Q66690853) > 100 (applies to work (P10663) > Saints Row 2 (Q2006628))
Example 9	M1911 (Q128801867) > 60 (nature of statement (P5102) > minimum (Q10585806), applies to work (P10663) > Call of Duty 2 (Q210298), game mode (P404) > single-player video game (Q208850))
Example 10	Peacekeeper (Q130212252) > 21 (nature of statement (P5102) > minimum (Q10585806))
Example 11	Peacekeeper (Q130212252) > 70 (nature of statement (P5102) > maximum (Q10578722))
Example 12	Bee (Q114351851) > 2 (degree of difficulty (P7252) > easy (Q124400204))
Wikidata project	WikiProject Video games (Q8485882)

Motivation

We have no way of modeling this so a property is needed

Discussion

Comment Where did you source those example values from? Matthias M. (talk) 10:21, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

magazine capacity

Under discussion

Description	magazine capacity or clip size of this firearm or weapon (real or fictional)
Represents	magazine (Q148958)
Data type	Quantity
Example 1	CZ 75 Automatic (Q128424715) > 16
Example 2	CZ 75 Automatic (Q128424715) > 20
Example 3	CZ 75 Automatic (Q128424715) > 26
Example 4	Desert Eagle Mark XIX (Q128788767) > 9 (ammunition (P739) > .357 Magnum (Q158754))
Example 5	Desert Eagle Mark XIX (Q128788767) > 8 (ammunition (P739) > .44 Magnum (Q94598))
Example 6	Peacekeeper (Q130212252) > 6
Example 8	Orb of Destruction (Q129916278) > 25
Example 9	CZ75-Auto (Q128424479) > 12
Example 10	Minigun (Q124444124) > 200
Example 11	Sniper Rifle (Q124444442) > 1
Wikidata project	WikiProject Video games (Q8485882)

Motivation

We have no way of modeling this so a property is needed

My knowledge of real-life firearms is limited so please bear over me if i made any mistakes.

Discussion

Creative work

See also: Wikidata:WikiProject Infoboxes/works

Software products and brands, see: Wikidata:WikiProject Infoboxes/terms

Wikidata:Property proposal/Creative work

See also

Cultural heritage

National Historical Museums of Sweden object ID

Motivation

Discussion

National Archives of Sweden persistent identifier

Motivation

Discussion

Cinematography

Television

‎Trakt episode ID

Motivation

Discussion

‎TV Maze character ID

Motivation

Discussion

Anime and manga

Music

Board game

game designer

Motivation

Discussion

Tabletopia game ID

Motivation

Discussion

Board Game Arena ID

Board Game Arena numeric ID

Motivation

Discussion

BoardGaming.com game ID

BoardGaming.com numeric game ID

Motivation

Discussion

BoardGameGeek game mechanic ID

Motivation

Discussion

Video game

Literature

Scientific literature

Biblioteka Nauki IDs

Biblioteka Nauki article ID

Biblioteka Nauki journal ID

Biblioteka Nauki book ID

Biblioteka Nauki publisher ID

Motivation

Discussion

Video

Image

Podcast

Theatre

Fiction

health/hit points

Motivation

Discussion

damage

Motivation

Discussion

magazine capacity

Motivation

Discussion

Creative work